1. لَمّا نَظَرتُ بِعَيني شَمسَ جَبهَتِهِ

    رَأى اِحتِراقاً بِقَلبي قالَ ما حَرقا

    When I gazed with my eye at the sun of his brow,

    he saw a burning in my heart and said, “What burned it?”

  2. فَقُلت عَينايَ بِلَّورٌ وَأَسفلهُ

    قَلبي المُتَيَّمُ وَالمُضنى بِمَن عَشِقا

    So I said, “My eyes are crystal, and beneath it

    is my heart, love-enslaved and worn by the one it loved;

  3. وَالشَّمسُ مِن وَجهِكَ الزّاهي أَشعّتها

    لِلقَلبِ خَرَّت مِنَ البِلوَّرِ فَاِحتَرقا

    and the sun from your radiant face—its rays

    fell from the crystal onto my heart, so it burned.”