وبديع الحسْنِ أَلْمَى

أَحور العَيْنَين أَحْومْ

With elegance and beauty he shone bright,

The most beautiful, dark-eyed gazelle.

أنا أبكي من جفاهُ

وهو مِنِّي يتبسَّمْ

I cry from his disdain,

While he just smiles at me.

كِدتُ أن أهلكَ فيه

غير أن الله سَلّمْ

I almost perished from it,

If God had not kept me safe.