1. يا من نسيتُ فسُكْرُه من لحظه

    أَلم الجراحِ به فقلبي ذاهلُ

    O you, I have forgotten—for your glance brings intoxication—

    the pain of wounds through you; so my heart is dazed.

  2. واعجباً من نرجس في روضة

    أَم حلَّ فيها نابلٌ أَم بابل

    And how wondrous—a narcissus in a garden!

    Or has an archer settled there, or Babylon?

  3. قالُوا عِذارُك مُخْبِر عن لوعتي

    فأَجبتهم هيهات بل هو سائل

    They said your cheek-down tells of my anguish.

    So I answered them: 'Far from it! Rather, it is a questioner.'

  4. أَم هل لخدِّك ملبسٌ من سُندس

    أَمْ هَلْ عليه مِنَ الشَّقِيق غَلائِل

    Or does your cheek have a garment of fine silk?

    Or are there light tunics of anemones upon it?

  5. ولقد أَرِقُّ له إِذا شاهدته

    وعليه أُسّ عذَارِه مُتَحامِل

    And indeed I pity it when I see it,

    with the base of his cheek-down bearing heavily upon it.