1. عن خاطري نبأ الخيالِ الخاطرِ

    فأعجب لزورةِ واصلٍ من هاجرِ

    From my mind comes news of the passing phantom;

    So marvel at a visit of union from one who shuns me.

  2. لم يعْدُ أَنْ جعل الرُّقاد وسيلةً

    فأَتى الجوانحَ من سَواد النّاظر

    It did no more than make sleep its means,

    And reached my breast through the eye's black pupil.

  3. ولقد علمتُ على تباريح الجوى

    أَنّ السُّلُوَّ خرابُ قلبٍ عامر

    And I have learned, despite love's torments,

    That forgetting love is the ruin of a flourishing heart.

  4. وإِذا استقلّ عن الفؤاد قطينهُ

    لم يبق منه سوى محلٍ داثر

    And when the heart's dweller departs,

    Nothing remains of it but a ruined dwelling.