1. للحُبِّ في قَلبِيَ أَشجَارُ

    تُنبِتُها لِلشَّوقِ أَنهارُ

    Love has trees within my heart;

    Rivers of longing make them grow.

  2. وَالنَومُ قَد نَفَّرَهُ أَحوَرٌ

    أَغَنُّ ساجي الطَرفِ سَحّارُ

    And a dark-eyed beloved has driven sleep away—

    Softly nasal-voiced, languid-eyed, bewitching.

  3. وَالعَينُ قَد أَسعَدَني دَمعُها

    تَمُدُّه مِن كَبِدي نارُ

    And the eye's tears have come to my aid;

    A fire from my liver feeds them

  4. بِواكِفٍ يُغرِقُ إِنسانَها

    سَحابُهُ بِالماءِ مِدرارُ

    With a downpour that drowns its pupil;

    Its cloud pours water in abundance.