1. يا حبَّذا الزَور الَذي زارا

    كأَنَّهُ مُقتَبسٌ نارا

    Oh, how welcome the visitor who came—

    as though he were only fetching a flame!

  2. نَفسي فِداء لكَ مِن زائر

    ما حَلَّ حَتى قيلَ قَد سارا

    My soul be your ransom—what a visitor:

    scarcely had he alighted when they said, “He has gone.”

  3. مَرَّ بِبابِ الدارِ فاجتازَها

    يا لَيتَهُ لَو دَخَلَ الدَارا

    He passed by the house’s door and went on beyond it.

    Oh, if only he had entered the house!