1. قل لي بألسِنَة التَّنَف

    فُسُ كيف أنت وكيف حالُكْ

    Tell me, with the tongues of breathing,

    how you are and how you fare.

  2. واكتب بلحظِك في فؤا

    دي ما يترجِمُه مقالُكْ

    And write with your glance in my heart

    what your words express.

  3. فمن المخافة لا خطا

    بُكَ يستطاع ولا سؤالُكْ

    For, out of fear, neither speaking to you

    nor asking after you is possible.

  4. إنَّ الرقيب مُنَغِّصٌ

    عيشاً يُلذِّذُه وصالُكْ

    Indeed, the watcher spoils

    a life made sweet by union with you.

  5. وعلى مساعدةِ الهوى

    طال احتمالي واحتمالُكْ

    And in supporting love,

    long have I endured, and so have you.

  6. كن كيف شئت وحيث شئ

    تَ فلن يفارقني خيالُكْ

    Be as you wish, and wherever you wish,

    for your image will never leave me.

  7. ما غبتَ عنّي لحظةً

    إلا تمثَّل لي مثالُكْ

    Not for a moment were you absent from me

    without your likeness appearing before me.