1. يا فِتْنةً بُعثتْ على الخَلقِ

    ما بينَها والموت من فَرْقِ

    O enchantment sent upon humankind,

    there is no difference between her and death.

  2. شَمسٌ بَدَتْ لكَ من مَغاربها

    يَفْترُّ مبْسِمُها عنِ البَرْقِ

    A sun that appeared to you from her western horizons,

    her smiling mouth parts to reveal lightning.

  3. ما كنتُ أَدري قبلَ رُؤيتها

    للشَّمسِ مُطَّلعاً سِوى الشَّرقِ

    Before seeing her, I had not known

    the sun to have a rising-place other than the east.

  4. يا مَنْ يَضِنُّ بفضلِ نائِلِهِ

    لو في يَدَيه مَفاتِحُ الرِّزقِ

    O one who would withhold his surplus bounty,

    were the keys of sustenance in his hands!