1. دمي عليك حرام

    وبي إليك أوام

    My blood is forbidden for you to shed.

    And I burn with thirst for you.

  2. وعام وصلك يوم

    ويوم هجرك عام

    And a year of union with you is a day,

    And a day of your estrangement is a year.

  3. لم يسم جفنك جفنا

    إلا وفيه حسام

    Your eyelid was called a 'sheath' only

    Because within it lies a sword.