1. ما حيلتي يا هند وجهك لاح لي

    بأنوثةٍ جبَّارة الطغيان

    What recourse have I, O Hind? Your face has appeared before me

    With a femininity overwhelming in its tyranny.

  2. يا هند أين رجولتي وعزيمتي

    في قرب وجه ساحرٍ فتَّان

    O Hind, where are my manhood and my resolve

    Near a face so enchanting, so alluring?

  3. وأنا حزينٌ ظامئٌ قد جدَّ لي

    ورِدٌ وراء مَعِينه شفتان

    And I am sorrowful and thirsty; there has newly appeared for me

    A watering place, beyond whose spring lie two lips.