1. من فطرةِ النّور حتى نزوةِ الطين

    ‏هويتُ نجماً هوى في عمق تكويني

    From light's primal nature to clay's caprice,

    I fell for a star that fell into the depths of my being.

  2. هذا السماويُّ بستانان من فتنٍ

    ‏ولي فؤادٌ إذا ما جاع َيعصيني

    This heavenly one is two gardens of enchantment,

    and I have a heart that, when hungry, disobeys me.

  3. عيناه أوثقتا قيدي .. وضحكتُه

    ‏جرتْ كسلسلِ ماءٍ في شراييني

    His eyes tightened my bonds, and his laughter

    flowed like limpid water through my arteries.

  4. تخطّفتْنِي إلى اللّاوعيِ هيبتُه

    ‏وصمتُه من صميمِ  الصّحوِ يُدنِيني

    His awe-inspiring presence swept me into unconsciousness,

    and his silence draws me close to the very heart of wakefulness.

  5. وصوتُه لنِداءِ العشْـقِ ..  صومعةٌ

    ‏تَسعى لها الروحُ من حينٍ إلى حينِ

    And his voice is a hermitage for the call of love,

    to which the soul hastens from time to time.

  6. أحببتُه وتَخذتُ الشّعرَ ملحمةً

    أحكِي بها شغفاً للخلْق يحكِيني

    I loved him and made poetry an epic,

    through which I tell people of a passion that tells my story.

  7. مَناسِكي ابتدأت طهراً غوايتها

    فإن رجعتُ به .. فالله يكفيني

    My rites—their seduction began in purity;

    so if I return with it, God is enough for me.