1. بالقلب من جفنيك سهم

    وبه من الهجران سقم

    In my heart is an arrow from your eyelids,

    and in it, sickness from separation.

  2. هذه ابتسامات الحيا

    ة لها على خديك وسم

    These are life's smiles;

    their mark is upon your cheeks.

  3. أنا للهوى ذو همة

    ولغيره أعمى أصم

    For love, I am full of resolve,

    and blind and deaf to anything else.

  4. وسهرت ليلى والجنا

    ن بغير ذكرك لا يلم

    And I kept vigil all night, and my heart

    alights on nothing but remembrance of you.

  5. وكتمت أمرى في الهوى

    والدمع عن حال يتيم

    And I concealed my affair in love,

    and tears over an orphan's plight.

  6. والشاعر المطبوع من

    مطبوعه سقم وهم

    And the born poet—part of

    his nature is sickness and worry.

  7. تم الوصال لغيره

    وله وصلك لا يتم

    Another has attained union,

    yet for him, union with you remains unfulfilled.