1. ظُبَيٌّ نفى عن جُفَيني الوَسَنْ

    فبتُّ سقيماً أُقاسي الحَزَنْ

    A little gazelle banished slumber from my eyelids.

    So I spent the night ailing, enduring sorrow.

  2. مليح الدلال بديع الجما

    لِ معتدل القدِّ يحكي الغُصُنْ

    Lovely in his coquetry, wondrous in beauty,

    Well-proportioned in stature, resembling a bough.

  3. أمات فؤادي بلحظاته

    وأورَث جسمي سقاماً وَهَنْ

    He slew my heart with his glances,

    And left my body with sickness and weakness.

  4. فقلبي سقيم وجسمي نحيلٌ

    ودمعي غزيرٌ هطولٌ هَتِنْ

    So my heart is sick, and my body is thin,

    And my tears are copious, pouring down ceaselessly.