1. حاشا لِشُرَّةَ بَل طوبى لِعاشِقِها

    لَو كانَتِ الشَمسُ تَحكيها أَوِ القَمَرُ

    Far be it from Shurra! Rather, blessed would her lover be,

    if the sun resembled her, or the moon;

  2. إِذاً لَكانَ يُرى في كُلِّ ما طَلَعَت

    شِبهٌ لَها فَيَقِلُّ الهَمُّ وَالفِكَرُ

    then, whenever it rose, there would be seen

    a likeness of her, so sorrow and troubled thoughts would lessen.