1. هذه قصة قلبين

    قضى كلٌّ شهيدا

    This is the tale of two hearts,

    Each of which died a martyr.

  2. وقليلٌ لهما إن

    يُذكرا ذكراً حميدا

    And it is little enough for them if

    They are remembered with praise

  3. في قصيدٍ لست بال

    آمل أن يُدعى قصيدا

    In a poem that I do not

    Hope will be called a poem.

  4. فلذا قلدتُها اِسماً

    طائرَ الصيت بيعدا

    So I adorned it with a name

    Whose fame flies far afield,

  5. محسناً يُرعي عليها

    ضامنَ الذكر مديدا

    A benefactor who cares for it,

    Guaranteeing it lasting remembrance.

  6. صغتُها في قالبٍ

    لولاه ما كان جديدا

    I fashioned it in a mold;

    Without him, it would not have been new.

  7. فغدا في ذاك عندي

    مبدئَ الفضل معيدا

    So, in that, he became in my eyes

    The initiator of kindness and its renewer.

  8. أن يعرها نظرةً منه

    فقد صرتُ سعيدا

    Should he lend it a glance of his,

    Then indeed I have become happy.