1. يا غُصُناً إِن هَزَّهُ مَشيُهُ

    خَشيتُ أَن يَسقُطَ رُمّانُه

    O branch, if your gait swayed you,

    I feared your pomegranates would fall.

  2. إِرحَم مَليكاً صارَ مُستَعبَداً

    قَد ذَلَّ في حُبِّكَ سُلطانُه

    Have mercy on a king who has become enslaved;

    His sovereignty has indeed been humbled in love for you.