1. عزمتَ عَلى قَتلي بِغَير تحرّج

    شجيً بِكَ حَتّى تَقتلَ الهائمَ الشجي

    You have resolved to kill me without compunction,

    Heartsick for you, until you kill the lovesick, grieving wanderer.

  2. وَلَم يُبدِ سري فيك رَأي وَإِنَّما

    تبدَّى فراراً مِن حَشَىً متوهج

    And my secret concerning you was not revealed by choice; rather,

    It emerged, fleeing from a blazing breast.

  3. نحولي وَدَمعي دَبجا وَجَنَتي بِما

    رَأَت مُقلَتي مِن خدِّكَ المتدبّج

    My wasting and my tears embroidered my cheek with what

    My eye saw of your richly embroidered cheek:

  4. بهاراً وَدراً هَبَّتِ الريحُ فوقه

    بِقروٍ فَغطَّت وَردَهُ بِالبَنفَسج

    Yellow blossoms and pearls—the wind blew over it

    In a basin, and covered its roses with violets.