1. فتانة الصبّ تجلى في حماه فيا

    لها غزالة أفقٍ في منازله

    The lovesick lover’s enchantress is unveiled in his sanctuary—and oh,

    what a sun of the horizon she is, within his dwellings!

  2. حتَّى إذا سحبت مثنى ذوائبها

    فيا لها من غزالٍ في حبائله

    Until, when she trailed her paired tresses,

    and oh, what a gazelle she is in its snares!

  3. من لحظها وتثني غصن قامتها

    لا تسألوا من فؤادي عن بلابله

    Because of her sidelong glance and the swaying of her stature’s branch,

    ask not of my heart about its anguish.

  4. إن أقبل الوجه أشكو جور ناظره

    أو أقبل القدّ أشكو جور عادله

    If her face approaches, I lament the tyranny of its eye;

    or if her figure approaches, I lament the tyranny of its just one.