أكحيلة الاجفان بالسحر الذي

لولاه مادرت البلابل بابل

The kohl of the eyelids with the magic that

Without it the nightingales would not have known Babylon

قد كان قلبي غافلا عما به

أودى وقلب أخي السلامة غافل

My heart had been heedless of what was in it

And the heart of my brother wellbeing was heedless

حتى دهاني منك صدر رامح

ذرب سناناه وطرف قاتل

Until I was struck by you, chest of a lancer

Whose teeth strike and whose glance is deadly

ما عقدك المهنا بجيدك درة

لكن فرند في حسام جائل

Your necklace was not knotted at your neck out of affliction

But a pearl in a relentless sword