1. أَلا يا لَقَوْمِي مِنْ غَزالٍ مُرَبَّبٍ

    يَجُولُ وِشاحاهُ عَلَى فَنَنٍ رَطْبِ

    Ah, my people, save me from a pampered gazelle,

    Whose two sashes sway upon a supple bough.

  2. تَعَرَّضَ لِي يَوْماً فَصَوَّرْتُ حُسْنَهُ

    بِبَلُّورَتَيْ عَيْنَيَّ في صَفْحَةِ القَلْبِ

    He appeared before me one day, and I portrayed his beauty

    With the twin crystals of my eyes upon the heart’s page.