1. أفديك مالكتي إلا

    م تحجبا عن عبد رقك

    I would ransom you, my mistress—until

    when will you hide yourself from your bondsman?

  2. ظلام فرعك عن

    ضياء صباح فرقك

    The darkness of your tresses, away from

    the radiance of dawn at your hair’s parting.

  3. وأزحت غيم نقاب حس

    نك عن بهاء هلال افقك

    And you lifted the cloud of the veil

    of your beauty from the splendor of your horizon’s crescent.

  4. وسفرت باسمة فراسل

    در دمعي دُر برقك

    And you unveiled, smiling; then messages passed

    between the pearls of my tears and the pearls of your lightning.

  5. وأبيك من مد المهالك

    كالحبائل دون طرفك

    And by your father—who spread deadly perils

    like snares before your gaze?

  6. إن كان من يصلى الجحيم

    فمهجتي في نار عشقك

    If there is anyone who burns in Hell,

    then my soul is in the fire of passionate love for you.