1. يا مُهدياً لِي بَنَفسَجاً سَمِجاً

    وَدِدتُ لَو أَنَّ أَرضَهُ سَبَخُ

    O you who give me an ugly violet,

    I wish its soil were a salt flat.

  2. يُنذِرُني عاجِلاً مُصَحّفهُ

    بِأَنَّ عَهدَ الحَبيبِ يَنفَسِخُ

    Its mispointed name promptly warns me

    That the beloved's pledge will be broken.