1. جاءت مذكّرةً لعهدٍ غابرِ

    وهوىً تقلَّصَ مثلَ ظلّ العابرِ

    She came, reminding me of a bygone time,

    And a love that had shrunk like a passerby's shadow.

  2. والدَّمعُ في وجناتِها مُتسَلسِلٌ

    مثلَ الغديرِ على الأريضِ العاطر

    And tears streamed down her cheeks,

    Like a brook upon fragrant, fertile ground.

  3. فسألتُها ماذا البكاءُ فلم تُجب

    ورَنت إلى النَّجمِ البعيدِ الزاهر

    So I asked her, 'Why this weeping?' But she did not reply,

    And gazed toward the distant, shining star.

  4. فرأيتُ نوراً سالَ من عينٍ على

    قلبٍ يُصفِّقهُ جناحُ الطائر

    Then I saw a light that flowed from an eye onto

    A heart against which the bird's wing beats.

  5. وغدَوتُ أُؤمنُ بالمحبَّةِ بعدَ ما

    جاءت بمعجزةٍ لقلبي الكافر

    And I came to believe in love after

    She came with a miracle for my unbelieving heart.

  6. يا حبُّ فيكَ المعجزاتُ تجمّعت

    فلأنتَ من روحِ الإلهِ القادر

    O Love, in you miracles have gathered,

    For you are indeed of the spirit of God Almighty.

  7. لولاكَ ما انتَظَمت قصائدُ شاعرٍ

    فوقَ الصحائفِ كالعبابِ الزاخر

    Without you, no poet's poems would take shape

    Upon the pages like a surging flood.

  8. بينَ الورى انشقَّت لكَ الحجبُ التي

    ما مسَّها يوماً قضيبُ الساحر

    Among humankind, for you were parted the veils that

    The sorcerer's wand had never touched.