1. لَقَد كَثُرَ الأخبَارُ أَن قَد تَزَوَّجَت

    فَهَل يَأتِيَنِّى بِالطَّلاقِ بَشِيرُ

    Indeed, reports have multiplied that she has married.

    So will a bearer of good tidings come to me with news of divorce?

  2. دَعَوتُ إِلهي دَعوَةً ما جَهِلتُهَا

    وربّي بما يُخفِى الضَّميرُ بَصيرُ

    I called upon my God with a prayer I knew full well.

    And my Lord sees what the heart conceals.

  3. لَئِن كانَ يُهدَى بَردُ أَنياَبِهَا العُلا

    لأَفقرَ منّى إِنَّنى لَفَقِيرُ

    If the coolness of her upper canine teeth were bestowed

    on someone poorer than I—indeed, I am poor.