1. أحبك يا جنان وأنت مني

    مكان الروح منجسد الجبان

    I love you, O Jinan, and you are to me

    as the soul is to a coward’s body.

  2. ولو أني أقول مكان روحي

    خشيت عليك بادرة الزمان

    And were I to say, “As my own soul,”

    I would fear for you a sudden blow of fate,

  3. لإقدامي إذا ما الخيل كرت

    وهاب كماتها حرَّالطعان

    because of my bold advance when the horses charge

    and their warriors dread the heat of spear-thrusts.