1. أحبُّ إذا أحببتَ من يدري ما

    جئت به من شرَفِ الحب

    I love, when you love, one who knows what

    you have brought of the nobility of love.

  2. ولا تضيع حقه إنه

    في غاية البعد مع القربِ

    And do not neglect his due, for he

    is at the utmost distance, even in nearness.

  3. واحن عليه كالضلوعِ التي

    قد انحنت خوفاً على القلبِ

    And bend tenderly over him, like the ribs that

    have bent in fear for the heart,

  4. عاصمته من كلِّ سوءٍ كما

    قد عصم الساعدُ بالقلب

    protecting it from every harm, just as

    the forearm has been protected by the heart.