1. وتَقدِرُ أَلّا يَخرُجَ اللَفظُ مِن فَمي

    وَتَعجِزُ عَن أَن تُخرِجَ الحُبَّ مِن قَلبي

    And you can keep speech from leaving my mouth,

    Yet you cannot remove love from my heart.

  2. وَلِم تُنكِرُ الشَكوى وَأَمرُ مَريضها

    إِلَيكَ فَلا تَبخَل وَحاشاكَ بِالطِبِّ

    And why do you reject the complaint, when its sufferer's case

    Is in your hands? So do not withhold treatment—far be it from you!

  3. جَرى الدَمُ دَمعاً في حُروبِ بَني الهَوى

    وَيَكفي الدَمُ الجاري دَليلاً عَلى الحُبِّ

    Blood flowed as tears in the wars of the sons of passion,

    And the flowing blood suffices as proof of love.