1. إِنَّ مَمشاكَ نَحوَ دارِ عَدِيٍّ

    كانَ لِلقَلبِ شقوةً وَفُتونا

    Indeed, your walk toward ʿAdī’s house

    was misery and infatuation for the heart.

  2. هاجَ ذا القَلبَ من تَذَكُّرِ جُملٍ

    ما يَهيجُ المُتَيَّمَ المَحزونا

    Through remembering Juml, this heart was stirred

    by what stirs the sorrowful captive of love.

  3. إِذ تَراءَت عَلى البَلاطِ فَلَمّا

    واجَهَتنا كَالشَّمسِ تَغشى العُيونا

    When she appeared upon the paving, and when

    she faced us like the sun dazzling the eyes,

  4. لَيلَةَ السَّبتِ إِذ نَظَرتُ إِلَيها

    نَظرَةً زادَتِ الفُؤادَ جُنونا

    on Saturday night, when I looked at her

    with a glance that increased the heart’s madness,

  5. قالَ هارون قِف فَيا لَيتَ أَنّي

    كُنتُ طاوَعتُ ساعَةً هارونا

    Hārūn said, “Stop!”—oh, if only I

    had heeded Hārūn for a moment.