1. يا ذا الَّذي في خَدِّه

    جَيشانِ مِن زِنجٍ ورُومِ

    O you, on whose cheek

    are two armies, of Zanj and Rum:

  2. هَذا يُغيرُ عَلى القُلُو

    بِ وذا يُغيرُ على الجُسومِ

    this one raids the hearts,

    and that one raids the bodies.

  3. إنِّي وَقَفتُ مِن الهَوى

    في مَوقِفٍ ضَنكٍ عَظِيمِ

    Indeed, through love I have come to stand

    in a plight of great distress,

  4. كوقُوفِ عاِرضِكَ الَّذي

    قَد حارَ في ماءِ النَّعِيمِ

    like the down on your cheek, which stands

    bewildered in the waters of bliss.