1. يَا مُقْلَةَ الظَّبْيِ وَغُصْنَ النَّقَا

    وَمَبْسَمَ الدُّرَ وَجِيدَ الغَزَالْ

    O gazelle’s eye and bough of the sand dune,

    And smile of pearls and neck of the gazelle!

  2. غَزَوْتَ بِالْعَيْنِ سُوَيْدَاي إذْ

    حَسِبْتَ أنْ مَا فِي السُّوَيْدَا رِجَالْ

    You raided my heart’s core with your eye, when

    You thought there were no men in that core.

  3. وَقُلْتَ إذْ سَوَّدْتَ شَعْرَ الدُّجَى

    يَا سُهْدَ مَنْ يَهْوَى اللَّيَالِي الطِّوَالْ

    And you said, when you blackened the hair of night:

    “O sleeplessness of one in love through the long nights!”