1. لَعَمري لَقَد جَعَلَ القادِحو

    نَ بَيني وَبَينَكِ يورونَ نارا

    By my life, those who strike sparks have begun

    to kindle a fire between me and you.

  2. وَنَفسي مُضَمَّنَةٌ مِن هَوا

    كِ ما لا تُطيقُ عَلَيه اِصطِبَارا

    And my soul is burdened, through love

    of you, with what it cannot patiently endure;

  3. مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِبَقايا الرَجاءِ

    تَرى المَوتَ في كُلِّ يَومِ مِرارا

    clinging to the remnants of hope,

    it sees death many times each day.