بنفس وإن كنت لا نفس لي

بنفس وإن كنت لا نفس لي

فقد سلبتها لحاظ المقل

فقد سلبتها لحاظ المقل

I would give a soul in ransom, though I have none—

With my soul, though I have no soul,

for the glances of eyes have stolen it—

It was taken by the glance of the eyelids,

عذار وخد كما يحتوي

عذار وخد كما يحتوي

سواد القلوب بياض الأمل

سواد القلوب بياض الأمل

for cheek-down and a cheek, just as

The cheeks' radiance contains,

the blackness of hearts enfolds the whiteness of hope.

As the hearts' darkness contains the whiteness of hope.