1. ليَ قلبٌ على هواكَ حبيسُ

    وحَشاً حَشْوُها جوىً ورسيسُ

    I have a heart held captive by love for you,

    And a breast filled with love's anguish and lingering passion.

  2. قد أردتُ الصدودَ عنكَ ولكنْ

    دبَّ بالوصلِ بيننا إِبليسُ

    I had wished to turn away from you, but

    Iblis crept between us, bringing us together.

  3. إِن أَكنْ في الهوى حديداً فألحا

    ظُكُ في فِعْلهِنَّ مِغْناطيسُ

    If I am iron in love, then your glances

    Are, in their effect, a magnet.

  4. أيها المغتدي من العُرْس غادَتْ

    كَ سعودٌ ما بَعْدَهُنَّ نُحُوسُ

    O you leaving the wedding in the morning, may you be greeted

    By good fortunes, with no misfortunes to follow them.

  5. ما سَمعْنا واللهِ فيما سَمِعْنا

    بعروسٍ تُجْلَى عليها عروسُ

    We have never heard, by God, in all we have heard,

    Of a bride before whom another bride is unveiled.