1. أعاذ اللَه طرفكَ أن

    يرى دَمعاً ولا سَهرا

    May God protect your eyes from

    seeing tears or sleeplessness,

  2. وقلبكَ أن يلمَّ به ال

    هوى لو يعرفَ الفِكَرا

    and your heart from being visited by

    love—if it knew the thoughts.

  3. ألستَ لمُقلتي شمساً

    نهاراً والدجى قَمَرا

    Are you not a sun to my eye

    by day, and a moon in the darkness?

  4. أعاذ اللَهُ مما نا

    لَني من رقَّ أو عذرا

    May God protect, from what befell

    me, whoever feels compassion or excuses me.