1. أَجدَّكَ ما ينفكُّ قلبٌ مُحبّسٌ

    عليك وأبصارٌ إليكَ شواخصُ

    Is it true that a heart remains captive

    to you, and eyes stare fixedly toward you?

  2. وطرفُك معتَلٌّ وجسمُكَ سالمٌ

    وصُدغُكَ مَهْموزٌ وخَصْرك ناقص

    And your gaze is languid, while your body is sound,

    and your sidelock is hamza-shaped, while your waist is slender.

  3. ولي عَبَراتٌ فوقَ خَدِّي رواقصٌ

    ولي حَسَراتٌ تحتَ ضلعي قَوارِصُ

    And I have tears dancing upon my cheek,

    and I have sorrows stinging beneath my rib.

  4. مَزّجتُ دُموعي بالدِّماءِ صبابةً

    فدَمعيَ مَمْزوجٌ ووديَ خالِصُ

    I mingled my tears with blood out of longing;

    so my tears are mingled, while my love is pure.