1. أعزِز عليَّ بأن أرى

    في ساحَتي خدَّيكَ شَيا

    How painful it is for me to see

    a singeing across the expanses of your cheeks!

  2. فلئن بلغتَ الحِنثَ يا

    أملي لقد أبلغتَ كيَّا

    For if you have reached puberty, O

    my hope, you have indeed seared me deeply.

  3. ولئن بقيتَ ليبقيَنَّ

    هواكَ مُقتدِراً عليا

    And if you live on, there will surely remain

    love for you, holding sway over me.