1. إِنّ خالَ الحَبيبِ حبّة قَلبي

    سَكنت خدّهُ بِدونِ اِلتِباسِ

    Indeed, the beloved's mole is the seed of my heart;

    it settled on his cheek, beyond all doubt.

  2. قلتُ عُودي إِلى فُؤادِيَ قالَت

    كَيفَ عَوْدي وَفي لي كلّ باسِ

    I said, “Return to my heart”; it said:

    “How can I return, when every hardship awaits me there?

  3. كَيفَ عودي إِلى لَظى وَمحلّي

    جنَّة الوردِ تَحتَ ظلِّ الآسِ

    How can I return to blazing fire, when my dwelling is

    a garden of roses beneath the myrtle's shade?”