1. روحي وَروحُكَ مَضمونانِ في جَسَدٍ

    يامَن رَأى جَسَداً قَد ضَمَّ روحَينِ

    My soul and your soul are enclosed in one body.

    O you who have seen a body that has embraced two souls!

  2. ياباعِثَ السُكرِ مِن طَرفٍ يُقَلِّبُهُ

    هاروتُ لا تَسقِني خَمراً بِكاسَينِ

    O you who stir intoxication from an eye turned by

    Harut—do not give me wine to drink from two cups.

  3. وَيا مُحَرِّكَ عَينَيهِ لِيَقتُلَني

    إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكَ العَينَ مِن عَيني

    And O you who move your two eyes to kill me,

    Indeed, I fear for you the evil eye from my own eye.