1. قلبي الّذي اعتَاد الركودَ .. يودّعُه

    حيّاً غدا  .. إثْر الصبابةِ .. بلقعُه

    My heart, accustomed to stagnation, bids it farewell.

    Its wasteland has come alive in the wake of ardent love.

  2. متشابهٌ والعود .. صار  أنينُه

    إيقاع شوقٍ والضلوع ترجّعُه

    It is akin to the oud; its moaning has become

    A rhythm of longing, and the ribs echo it.

  3. شجوُ التقاسيمِ التي غنّى بها

    زريابُ شعري .. دَمعُه وتوجّعُه

    The sorrow of the improvisations sung by

    My poetry’s Ziryab is its tears and anguish.

  4. والرّاقصاتُ من المعاني .. نبضُه

    والحالِماتُ من اللّحونِ  .. تولُّعه

    And the dancing meanings are its heartbeat,

    And the dreaming melodies are its ardor.

  5.  أنعِمْ بمن أغنَى وأقنى .. واهباً

    مُلكاً  .. تنعّمَ بالمباهجِ أجمعُه

    How bountiful is he who enriched and endowed, bestowing

    A kingdom that, in its entirety, reveled in delights.

  6. قلبي الذي يهواكَ أُكرم بالهوى

    لكن إذا رضِيَ المذلّة .. أخلعُه

    My heart, which loves you, I honor with love;

    But if it accepts humiliation, I cast it off.