1. عايَنتُ حَبَّةَ خالِهِ

    في رَوضَةٍ مِن جُلَّنارِ

    I beheld the seed of his beauty mark

    In a garden of pomegranate blossoms;

  2. فَغَدا فُؤادي طائِراً

    وَاِصطادَهُ شَرَكُ العِذارِ

    So my heart became a bird,

    And the snare of his cheek-down caught it.