1. العَينُ تُبدي الحُبَّ وَالبُغضا

    وَتُظهِرُ الإِبرامَ وَالنَقضا

    The eye reveals love and hatred,

    And shows resolve and its reversal.

  2. دُرَّة ما أَنصَفَتني في الهَوى

    وَلا رَحِمت الجَسَدَ المُنضى

    Durra has not treated me fairly in love,

    Nor pitied my wasted body.

  3. مَرَّت بِنا في قُرطُق أَخضَر

    يَعشَقُ مِنها بَعضُها بَعضا

    She passed by us in a green tunic,

    Each part of her enamored of another.

  4. غَضبى وَلا وَاللَهِ يا أَهلَها

    لا أَشرَبُ البارِدَ أَو تَرضى

    She is angry; no, by God, O her kin,

    I will drink no cold water until she is pleased.

  5. كَيفَ أَطاعَتكُم بِهَجري وَقَد

    جَعَلتُ خَدّي لَها أَرضا

    How could she obey you in forsaking me, when

    I had made my cheek the ground for her?