1. سُمِّيتَ سَيفا وَفي عَينَيكَ سَيفانِ

    هَذا لِقَتليَ مَسلولٌ وَهَذانِ

    You were named Sayf, and in your eyes are two swords.

    This one is drawn to kill me, and these two as well.

  2. أَما كَفَت قَتلَةٌ بِالسَيف واحِدَةٌ

    حَتّى أُتيحَ مِنَ الأَجفانِ ثِنتانِ

    Was not one death by the sword enough,

    that two more should come from the eyelids?

  3. أَسَرتُهُ وَثَناني غُنجُ مُقلَتِهِ

    أَسيرَهُ فَكلانا آسرٌ عانِ

    I took him captive, and the coy charm of his eye made me

    his captive; so each of us is captor and captive.

  4. يا سَيفُ أَمسِك بِمَعروفٍ أَسيرَ هَوى

    لا يَبتَغي مِنكَ تَسريحا بِاحسان

    O Sayf, kindly keep a captive of love

    who seeks no gracious release from you.