1. إِنّي حُمِمتُ وَلَم أَشعُر بِحُمّاكا

    حَتّى تَحَدَّثَ عُوّادي بِشَكواكا

    I was stricken with fever and did not know of yours

    until my visitors spoke of your illness.

  2. يا لَيتَ حُمّاكَ بي أَو كُنتُ حُمّاكا

    إِنّي أَغارُ عَلَيها حينَ تَغشاكا

    Oh, if only your fever were mine, or I were your fever!

    I am jealous of it when it envelops you.

  3. حُمّاكَ جَمّاشَةٌ حُمّاكَ عاشِقَةٌ

    لَو لَم تَكُن هكَذا ما قَبَّلَت فاكا

    Your fever is a flirt; your fever is a lover.

    If it were not so, it would not have kissed your mouth.