1. جَرى مَدمَعي وَاِعوَجَّ كالسَّيفِ مُصلتاً

    عَلى الخدِّ وَاِشتَدَّت بِقَلبي لَظى الوَجدِ

    My tears flowed and curved like an unsheathed sword

    Upon my cheek, and longing’s blaze grew fiercer in my heart.

  2. وَذَلكَ سَيفُ اللّحظِ مِن طرفِ فاتِني

    بِه ضَرَبَ الأَحشا وَأَصمى بِهِ كبدي

    And that is the sword of the glance from my enchanter’s eye;

    With it he struck my entrails, and with it mortally wounded my liver.

  3. وَمِن نارِ أَحشائي تَسامى لِمُقلَتي

    وَها هوَ مِنها قَد تَدَلَّى عَلى الخدِّ

    And from the fire of my entrails it rose to my eye;

    And behold, from that eye it now hangs down upon my cheek.