1. يا شَمعة حالَتي في العشقِ حالَتُها

    مِثل الضّنى وَكِلانا فيهِ مُحترقُ

    O candle, my plight in love is hers—

    Alike in wasting away, and both of us burning in it.

  2. لَكِنّها في الدّجى مِن رَأسِها اِحتَرَقَت

    وَإِنّني مِن فُؤادي كنتُ أَحتَرِقُ

    But in the darkness she burned from her head,

    While I was burning from my heart.