1. إنَّ أشَهى مَا تَشتَهِى النَّفسُ بَنَّا

    لَيتَ أنَّا بِهَا الحَلِيلَ غَبَنًَّا

    Indeed, what the soul most desires is Banna.

    Would that we had outwitted her husband over her.

  2. زَعَمَت غَانِيَاتُنَا أنَّ هُنَّا

    فُقنَ عِندِي في الحُبِّ والحُسنِ بَنَّا

    Our beauties claimed that they

    Surpassed Banna in my eyes in love and beauty.

  3. قُلتُ كَلاَّ وكَيفَ يُمكِنُ هَذَا

    وبِقَلبي غَرَامُ بَنَّه أَبَنَّا

    I said, “No! And how could this be,

    When love for Banna has settled in my heart?”

  4. كُلُّ يَومٍ يَجِدُّ لِى بَرحُ هَمٍّ

    مِن هَوَاهَا إِنَّ الجَدِيدَ لُبَنَّا

    Each day, the torment of worry arises anew for me

    From love of her; indeed, the fresh grief abides.