1. كَيفَ سَرقتَ الكحلَ ظَبيَ الفلا

    مِن عَينِ حِبي الأَكحَلِ الزَّينِ

    How did you steal the kohl, O gazelle of the wild,

    from the eye of my beautiful, dark-eyed beloved?

  2. وما علمتُ الظّبيَ لصّاً غَدا

    قد يسرقُ الكحلَ من العَينِ

    Never did I know the gazelle to become a thief

    who might steal the kohl from the eye.