1. رَبُّ الوَرى حَقّاً عَفو

    رُح عاذِلي أَنتَ العَدو

    The Lord of creation is truly forgiving.

    Go away, my reproacher—you are the enemy.

  2. ما بَينَ أَيدينا ذُكا

    لَألاؤُها وَضّاحُ ضَو

    What lies before us is Dhuka, the sun;

    Her radiance is brilliant light.

  3. دارَت رَحاها في الهَنا

    مِن تَحتِ فَييءٍ عَلى عُلو

    Her millwheel turned in bliss,

    Beneath shade, on high.

  4. تَسقي المَلا غِلمانُها

    في لا زَوَردِيِّ الزُهو

    Her young servants give the company drink,

    Amid azure splendor.

  5. رَشا المَلاحَةِ فاتِني

    قَلبي لِحُبِّهِ ذو خُلو

    The gazelle of beauty is my enchanter;

    My heart has room for love of him.

  6. قَبَّلتُهُ وَضَمَمتُهُ

    في نَشوَةٍ مِن تَحتِ جَو

    I kissed him and embraced him,

    In rapture, beneath a sky

  7. مِن ياسَمينٍ غَضِّ فَو

    قَ أَرَوَندِ مُخضَلٍّ بِنَو

    Of fresh jasmine, above—

    Arwand, drenched with rain.

  8. نَسَماتُ أَسحارٍ شَفَت

    جَنّاتُ في فَرطِ النُمو

    Predawn breezes have brought healing;

    Gardens are in luxuriant growth.

  9. أَأَخي اِبنَ هاني آيَتي

    لَكَ فِتنَةٌ يا ذا الفُتو

    O my brother Ibn Hani, my verse

    Is an enchantment for you, O man of youthful vigor.

  10. أَنا فاتِني شِعري أَنا

    في الكَونِ مِنهُ لَفي سُمو

    I am enchanted by my poetry; I

    Am surely exalted in the world through it.