1. ماانفكّ صوتكَ في روحي يراودها

    ذكرى بنتْ في صميم الروح بنيانا

    Your voice within my soul has never ceased to woo it.

    A memory has built an edifice in the soul’s very heart.

  2. ماهئتُ والله كلا أو هممتُ به

    ولا رأيتُ لكي أقصيه بُرهانا

    I never readied myself—by God, no—nor resolved upon it.

    Nor have I seen any proof that would let me banish it.

  3. استنزلُ الصبر من لي ؟ لا بشيرَ ولمْ

    تحمل ليَ الريحُ ممن غابَ سلوانا

    I call down patience—who is there for me? No bearer of good news, nor

    has the wind brought me solace from the absent one.

  4. حيرى .. كأنّي على الأعرافِ واقفةٌ

    ياليت أنّ الهوى والشوقَ ما كانا

    Bewildered, as though I were standing on the Heights.

    If only love and longing had never been.