1. مِنِّيَ تُقياً ومنكَ مَكرُ

    وفِيَّ بلوىً وفيك صَبرُ

    From me comes piety, and from you guile.

    And in me is affliction, and in you patience.

  2. ما لَكَ في الظُّلم والتعدِّي

    عُذرٌ ولي في هواكَ عُذرُ

    For cruelty and transgression, you have no

    Excuse; yet I have an excuse for loving you.

  3. أنتَ غَزالٌ وأنت غُصنٌ

    وأنتَ ليلٌ وأنت بَدرُ

    You are a gazelle, and you are a bough.

    And you are night, and you are a full moon.

  4. تُبدي لنا نرجساً وورداً

    حَشوهما فِتنةٌ وسِحرُ

    You show us a narcissus and a rose,

    Both filled with allure and magic.

  5. بخَمرِ عَينيك في فؤادي

    من قبل سُكر المدام سُكرُ

    From the wine of your eyes, within my heart,

    Is drunkenness before the drunkenness of wine.