1. أَهدَت إِلَيَّ الَّتي نَفسي الفِداءُ لَها

    الوَردُ نَوعَينِ مَجموعَينِ في طَبَقِ

    She for whom my soul is a ransom gave me

    roses of two kinds, gathered together on a platter,

  2. كَأَنَّ أَبيَضَهُ مِن فَوقِ أَحمَرِهِ

    كَواكِبٌ أَشرَقَت في حُمرَةِ الشَفَقِ

    as though the white ones above the red

    were stars shining in the crimson of twilight.