1. ومهفهفِ أَبهى من القمر

    قمر الفؤاد بفاتن النظرِ

    And a slender youth, fairer than the moon,

    Won my heart with his bewitching gaze.

  2. خالسته تفاحَ وجنته

    فأخذتُها منه على غَرَرِ

    I stealthily stole the apples of his cheek,

    And took them from him at my peril.

  3. فأخافني قوم فقلت لهم

    لا قطع في ثَمَرٍ ولا كَثَرِ

    Some people frightened me, so I told them:

    “No hand is cut off for fruit or palm pith.”