1. وكم حار عشاقٌ ولا مثل حيرتي

    إذا شئت يوماً أن أسوء حبيبي

    How many lovers have been bewildered, yet none as bewildered as I,

    When one day I wish to hurt my beloved.

  2. وهل لي قلب غير قلبي يسوؤه

    ويأخذ لي في الكبرياء نصيبي

    And have I a heart other than my own that could hurt him

    And claim for me my share of pride?

  3. ألا ليت لي قلبين قلب بحبه

    مريض وقلب بعد ذاك طبيبي

    Ah, would that I had two hearts: one, through love for him,

    Sick, and another, thereafter my physician.

  4. ويا ليت لي نفسين من رئم روضة

    ألوف ومن ذي لبدتين غضوب

    And oh, would that I had two souls: one from a meadow's white gazelle,

    Tame, and one from a wrathful lion with two manes.

  5. وكيف بقلب واحد أحمل الهوى

    عجيباً على طبعي وغير عجيب

    And how, with a single heart, can I bear love,

    Strange to my nature, and yet not strange?

  6. فواللَه إن الحب خير محاسني

    وواللَه إن الحب شر عيوبي

    For, by God, love is the best of my virtues,

    And, by God, love is the worst of my faults.