1. رَأَيتُ بِخالِهِ في صَحنِ خَدِّهِ

    فُؤادَ مُحِبِّهِ في نارِ صَدِّهِ

    I saw in his mole, upon the expanse of his cheek,

    His lover’s heart in the fire of his rejection.

  2. فَخِفتُ وَقَصرُ نَفسي لَكُم فيهِ

    فَأَعطانيهِ ميثاقاً بِوُدِّهِ

    I grew afraid, my soul devoted solely to you within it;

    So he gave it to me as a pledge of his affection.

  3. وَمَرَّ يَجُدُّ بي فيهِ هَواهُ

    وَقَد لَعِبَ الصِبا بِقَضيبِ قَدِّهِ

    And love for him kept spurring me onward in this,

    While youth had played with the slender branch of his figure.