أتاني هواها قبل أن عرف الهوى

فصادف قلباً خالياً فتمكنا

Her love came to me before I knew of love,

So it found an empty heart and settled there.

وأورثني الأشجان لكنها غدت

كنومي إن فارقته مسنى الضنى

And it left me with sorrows, but they became

Like my sleep - if we part, yearning keeps me awake.