1. والهوى لو ملكت أمرا مطاعاً

    في الهوى تقتفى هداه العقولُ

    By love, if I wielded authority that was obeyed,

    in love, whose guidance minds would follow,

  2. لأمرت العيون ترنو ودر الث

    غر يفتر والقوام يميل

    I would bid the eyes gaze, and the pearls of the

    mouth show in a smile, and the figure sway.

  3. ثم أدعو العذال إذ ذاك حتى

    إن رأوا عندهم فضولاً يقولوا

    Then I would summon the reproachers at that moment, so that,

    if they found they had any idle talk to offer, they might speak.