1. فَكَم عَلَّقتُ مِن أَمَلٍ بِدُرجِ

    تَخُطُّ بِهِ سَواداً في بَياضِ

    And how many a hope I have pinned on a scroll

    on which you trace black upon white!

  2. فَخطُّكَ فيهِ أَبهى مِن سَوادٍ

    يَروقُ الطَرفَ مِن حَدَقٍ مِراضِ

    For your script upon it is lovelier than the blackness

    that delights the gaze in languid eyes.