1. هواي وعقلي فيك ضِدّان لم يزل

    عليك طول الدهر بينهما خلفُ

    My passion and my reason are at odds over you; there has always been

    discord between them over you, throughout all time.

  2. إذا ما نهاني العقلُ فيك أعادني

    إليك هوىً تغفو العيون ولا يغفو

    Whenever reason holds me back from you, I am brought back

    to you by a passion—eyes fall asleep, but it never sleeps.

  3. كأنَّك مني قوس رامٍ مُصَمَّمٍ

    تُقَرِّبُهُ كفٌّ وتُبعِدُه كفُّ

    You are to me like the bow of a resolute archer:

    one hand draws it near, and another pushes it away.