1. يا عجباً أَبْصَرْتُ في السوقِ

    ما أبْصَرَتْهُ عينُ مخلوقِ

    O wonder! I saw in the marketplace

    What no creature's eye had seen.

  2. ما راعني إلا فتىً عاشقٌ

    وعينُهُ في عينِ معشوق

    Nothing astonished me but a young man in love,

    And his eye was fixed on his beloved's eye.

  3. ضمّتهما الطُرْقُ إلى مَوْضعٍ

    كحلقةِ الخاتَمِ في الضيق

    The streets brought them both to a spot

    As narrow as the circle of a ring.

  4. فافترقا خَوْفَ رقيبيهما

    عن موعدٍ باللحظِ مسروق

    So they parted, fearing their two watchers,

    After stealing, through glances, a promise to meet.