1. قلتُ لهُ ماذا السَّوادُ الذّي

    فيكَ تَبدَّىقالَ ذا غالِيَهْ

    I said to him, “What is the blackness that

    has appeared on you?” He said, “This is ghāliyah perfume.”

  2. فقلْتُ قَبِّلْني أجِدْ ريحَها

    فقالَ خُذْها قُبلةً غالِيَهْ

    So I said, “Kiss me, that I may smell its fragrance.”

    Then he said, “Take it—a costly kiss.”

  3. فقلْتُ لا تَغلو على مَنْ غَدا

    في حُبِّكمْ ذا كبِدٍ غالِيَهْ

    So I said, “It is not too costly for one who has come

    through love for you, to have a seething liver.”