1. من لياليَّ التي لم يهدأ الشوق عليها

    من أمانيَّ التي كانتْ رُؤًى في ناظريها

    From my nights through which longing never subsided,

    From my hopes that were visions in her eyes,

  2. من أغانيَّ التي استلهمتُها من شفتيها

    من دموع مازجَتْ أدمعَها بين يديها

    From my songs whose inspiration I drew from her lips,

    From tears that mingled with her tears in her presence,

  3. كلُّ ما قد رقَّ من شعري وما راقَ لديها

    وهو ما ضمَّ كتابٌ، هو منها وإليها

    All that was tender in my poetry, and all that pleased her,

    And this is what a book contains: it is from her and to her.