1. تعبدني أحورُ الناظرِ

    فويلاهُ من طرفهِ الساحرِ

    A dark-eyed one has enslaved me.

    So, alas for his bewitching glance!

  2. وأورثني فترةً في العِظا

    مِ من طرفهِ الفاتِنِ الفاتِرِ

    And he left me with languor in my bones,

    from his alluring, languid glance.

  3. يرى مشرقُ الشمسِ في وجههِ

    على غصنٍ ناعمٍ ناضرِ

    The sun's rising is seen in his face,

    upon a supple, flourishing bough.

  4. فيا حُسنَ أولهِ إن بدا

    لعيني ويا لذةَ الآخِرِ

    So, oh, the beauty of his beginning, when it appears

    to my eye—and oh, the delight of the end!