1. يا لَحظهُ في سُويدا القَلبِ فَتكها

    وَكلُّ فَتكٍ بِهذا الفَتكِ أَنساني

    O his glance—its deadly assault strikes the heart’s black core!

    And with this assault, it made me forget every other deadly assault.

  2. وَفي السُّويدا رِجالٌ كُنتُ أَعهَدُهم

    فَقالَ ما في السُّويدا غير إِنسانِ

    And in the black core were men I used to know.

    Then he said, “There is nothing in the black core but a human being.”