1. الهـدْبُ سيفٌ بظهر الغـيبِ يحتَلبُ

    والعُـمْرُ نارٌ سعَـتْ للحـرقِ تحتطبُ

    The eyelash is a sword that milks at the back of the unseen.

    And life is a fire that sought to burn, gathering firewood.

  2. والليلُ في صمـتـهِ إيذاء وحدتِهِ

    والنجمُ يَـخبو سَناً للنوح يَـنْـقـلـبُ

    And night, in its silence, is the torment of its solitude.

    And the star dims in radiance, turning to lamentation.

  3. سعـى لنا أمَـلٌ في سرِّه أسَـلٌ

    حَـنّـى أصابِـعَـهُ بالنار تَـخْـتَـضبُ

    A hope strove for us; within its secret are spears.

    It hennaed its fingers; they are stained with fire.

  4. وجداً وشوقاً وإضراماً لوحشتهِ

    هيهات لا يرتضي للماء فينسكبُ

    Out of passion and longing, and to kindle its loneliness.

    Far from it! It will not settle for water, and so pours forth.

  5. يا ويحهُ عشْق نار الحب يذبحهُ

    حتّى يُظنّ بهِ والوجدَ يُجتَلَبُ !

    Oh, woe to it! Passion for love's fire slaughters it.

    Until conjectures are made about it, and passion is summoned!