1. لَولاكَ لَما بِتُّ منَ الوَجدِ كَذا

    يا مُلبِسَ جِسمي كُلَّ سُقمٍّ وَأذى

    Were it not for you, I would not have spent the night like this in longing.

    O you who clothe my body in every sickness and pain.

  2. بالشَّعرِ وبالجَبينِ قَد تِهتَ فَذَا

    كاللَّيلِ إِذا وذاكَ كالصبُّحِ إِذا

    You have indeed grown proud of your hair and brow—so this

    is like the night when ..., and that like the dawn when ....