1. إِذا اشْتَدَّ ما أَلْقى جَلَسْتُ إِزاءهُ

    وَنارُ الهَوى قَدْ أُضْرِمَتْ بَيْنَ أَوْصالي

    When what I endure grows severe, I sit facing him,

    While the fire of passion has been kindled amid my limbs.

  2. أُقَبِّلُ منْ فِيهِ نَسِيمَ كَلامِهِ

    إِذا مَرَّ بي صَفْحاً بِأَفْواهِ آمالي

    I kiss the breeze of his speech from his mouth,

    When it brushes past me, with the mouths of my hopes.