1. حمامُ اللوى أضحى على النوح باعثي

    فأصبحتُ ذا وجدٍ وجدٍّ بعابثِ

    The doves of al-Liwā have come to stir me to lament;

    so I am now full of longing and earnestness through a playful one.

  2. ينبه أشواقي بألحانِ سجعه

    فيا ثنى أعطافي بمثلِ المثالثِ

    It awakens my longings with the melodies of its cooing;

    and ah, how my sides sway to strains like those of the lute’s third strings!