1. قَوامُكَ العادِلُ المُفَدّى

    عَلَيَّ بِالمَيلِ قَد تَعَدّى

    Your upright figure, for which I would give my life,

    has wronged me with its swaying.

  2. وَخَصرُكَ الناحِلُ المُعافى

    مِنهُ لِجِسمي السَقامَ أَهدى

    And your slender, healthy waist

    has given my body the gift of sickness.

  3. يا غُصنَ بانٍ إِذا تَثَنّى

    وَبَدرَ تَمٍّ إِذا تَبَدّى

    O branch of the bān tree when it sways,

    and full moon when it appears,

  4. أَضَلَّني الحُبُّ فيكَ حَتّى

    رَأَيتُ فيكَ الضَلالَ رَشدا

    Love for you led me astray, until

    I saw, in you, misguidance as right guidance.