1. لَوْ مَرَّ لي نَفَسٌ بالنَّارِ أَحْرَقَها

    بِحَرِّهِ ولو أَنَّ النَّارَ مِنْ بَعَدِ

    If a breath of mine passed by fire, it would burn it

    with its heat, even if the fire were far away.

  2. وَلَوْ هَوِيتُ حِمامي فيهِ فارقني

    من قبلِ فُرقتِهِ روحي من الجَسَدِ

    And if I desired my death for his sake, it would forsake me

    before separating my soul from the body.

  3. وما أُطيقُ لما أَلقاهُ مِنْ كَمَدٍ

    أَقُولُ واكَبِدي مِنْ شِدَّةِ الكَمَدِ

    And, because of the grief I suffer, I cannot

    cry, 'Alas, my liver!'—so intense is the grief.