1. مَرَّتْ فقلتُ لها تَحيّةَ مُغْرَمِ

    ماذا عليكِ مِنَ السّلامِ فسلِّمي

    She passed, and I offered her a lover’s greeting:

    “What would a greeting cost you? Then greet me.”

  2. قالتْ لِمَنْ تعني فَطَرْفُكَ شاهدٌ

    بنُحولِ جِسْمِكَ قلتُ للمتكلِّم

    She said, “Whom do you mean? For your gaze bears witness

    To your body’s wasting.” I said, “The one speaking.”

  3. فَتَبَسّمَتْ فبكيتُ قالتْ لا تُرَعْ

    فلَعَلَّ مثلَ هواكَ بالمُتَبَسِّمِ

    Then she smiled, and I wept. She said, “Do not be alarmed,

    For perhaps the one who smiles feels a love like yours.”

  4. قُلْتُ اتّفَقْنا في الهَوَى فزيارةً

    أَوْ مَوعداً قبلَ الزِّيارَةِ قَدِّمي

    I said, “We are agreed in love; then grant me a visit,

    Or, before the visit, appoint a time to meet.”

  5. فتضاحكَتْ خَجَلاً وقالتْ يا فَتى

    لَوْ لَمْ أَدْعكَ تَنَامُ بِي لَمْ تَحْلُمِ

    Then she laughed bashfully and said, “Young man,

    Had I not let you sleep, you would not have dreamed of me.”