أرى في صدغك المعوج دالاً

براها اللَه قوساً للمهالكْ

I see in your curved cheek a letter dal

Allah made it an arc for destruction

وددنا لو تنقَّط بالآلي

ولكن نقطت من مسك خالك

I wish it was dotted with moles

But it was dotted with your musk-like beauty spot

فصارت داله بالنقط ذالاً

فقلت لها افعلي أشهى فعالك

So the letter dal became with dots a letter dhal

I told it to do its most desired act

لذلك صارت العشاق هلكى

فها أنا هالكٌ من أجل ذلك

That's why lovers became destroyed

So here I am, destroyed because of that