1. سَيَهلَكُ يا سَلمى شَفيق عَلَيكُمُ

    إِذا غالَني مِن حادِثِ الدَهرِ غائِلُه

    O Salma, one who cares tenderly for you all will perish,

    if a fatal blow from time's calamities should carry me off.

  2. كَريمٌ يُميتُ السِرَّ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ

    إِذا استَخبَروهُ عَن حَديثِكِ جاهِلُه

    A noble man who puts the secret to death, until he seems

    ignorant of your story when they ask him about it.

  3. يَوَدُّ لَو امسَى ذا سَقامٍ لَعَلَّها

    إِذا سَمِعَت عَنهُ بِشَكوى تُراسِلُه

    He wishes he might be ill come evening, hoping that she,

    when she hears of his suffering, might send him word.

  4. وَيَهتَزُّ لِلمَعروفِ في طَلَبِ العُلا

    لِتُحمَدَ يَوماً عِندَ سَلمى شَمائِلُه

    And he thrills to good deeds in pursuit of glory,

    so that one day his virtues may be praised before Salma.