1. وَقَد هاجَني لِلشَّوقِ نوح حَمامَة

    هتوف الضُحى هاجَت حماماً فَغَرَّدا

    And a dove’s lament has stirred me to longing.

    Loud-voiced in the forenoon, she roused doves, and they sang.

  2. طروب غَدَت من حَيثُ باتَت فَباكَرت

    بِعَولَتِها غُصناً من الاِثلِ اغيدا

    Plaintive, she set out from where she had spent the night, going early,

    with her wailing, to a supple tamarisk bough.

  3. تَغَنَّت عَلَيهِ ذاتَ شَجو مُرِنَّة

    بِصَوت يَشوقُ المُستَهامَ المصيَّدا

    Upon it she sang, full of sorrow, her notes resounding,

    with a voice that stirs longing in the love-stricken captive.