1. مواعيدُهُ في الوَصلِ أحلامُ نائمٍ

    أشبِّهُها بالقَفرِ أو بسَرابِهِ

    His promises of union are a sleeper’s dreams;

    I liken them to the wasteland, or to its mirage.

  2. فَمنْ لي بوَجٍ لو تَحَيَّرَ في الدُّجى

    أخو سَفَرٍ في لَيلِ غَيمٍ سرى بِهِ

    Who, then, will grant me a [face], such that, if lost in darkness,

    a traveler on a cloudy night could journey by its light?