1. إِذا ما بَناتُ النَفسِ هَمَّت بِسَلوَةٍ

    تَعَرَّضَ وَهناً طَيفُ أَروى فَشاقَها

    Whenever my soul's thoughts turned toward forgetfulness,

    Arwa's phantom appeared late at night and stirred their longing.

  2. وَمازِلتُ أُبكي العَينَ في رَسمِ مَنزِلٍ

    بِدَومَةَ حَتّى قَرَّحَ الجَفنُ ماقَها

    And I kept making my eye weep at the traces of a dwelling

    At Dawmah, until the eyelid made its inner corner raw.