1. Not so, O Mona, does my heart repay
the love of the virtuous with like;
١. ما هَكَذا يا مُنى قَلبي
يَجزي أَخو الحسن عشّاقَه
2. You came when passion was at its height,
and my heart's bird was eager and awake;
٢. نأَيتَ وَالصبُّ في كَربِ
مبلبلُ القلب مُشتاقُه
3. Take pity on the passion of the love-sick,
who have not tasted what you have tasted of love.
٣. اِعطف فديتُك عَلى الصَبِّ
لا ذقتَ في الحُبِّ ما ذاقَه