1. قد كان قلبي كالحديد قساوةً

    قبل الصبابةِ لا مثيل لطبعه

    My heart was once as hard as iron,

    Before ardent love—its nature had no equal.

  2. لكنَّه لمَّا تعشَّقَ لان إِذْ

    سطعتْ أشعةُ عينِ من أهوى به

    But when it fell in love, it softened, as

    The rays from the eye of the one I love shone upon it.