1. لَم يُنسِنيكِ سُرورٌ لا وَلا حَزَنُ

    وَكَيفَ لا كَيفَ يُنسى وَجهُكِ الحَسَنُ

    Neither joy nor sorrow has made me forget you.

    And how could I forget? No—how could your beautiful face be forgotten?

  2. وَلا خَلا مِنكِ لا قَلبي وَلَا جَسَدي

    كُلّي بِكُلِّكِ مَشغولٌ وَمُرتَهَنُ

    And neither my heart nor my body has been empty of you.

    All of me is absorbed in all of you and held in pledge.

  3. وَحيدَةَ الحُسنِ مالي مِنكِ مُذ كَلَفَت

    نَفسي بِحُبِّكِ إِلّا الهَمُّ وَالحَزَنُ

    O you peerless in beauty, I have had from you, since

    My soul fell in love with you, nothing but worry and sorrow.

  4. نورٌ تَوَلَّدَ مِن شَمسٍ وَمِن قَمَرٍ

    حَتّى تَكامَلَ فيهِ الروحُ وَالبَدَنُ

    A light was born of a sun and of a moon,

    Until spirit and body attained perfection within it.