1. يا مَنْ سَبا ريّاهُ عَرْفُ الصِّبا

    وذرَّ من أزرارهِ شارِقُ

    O you whose fragrance the scent of youth has taken captive,

    and from whose buttons a sun has risen.

  2. ذَرْنِي وعينيكَ أُسائِلْهُما

    بأيَّ ذنبٍ قُتِلَ الوامق

    Leave me with your two eyes, that I may ask them:

    For what sin was the lover slain?

  3. تاللهِ ما أَمْلِكُ نجوايَ يا

    مملوكُ والدمعُ به ناطق

    By God, I cannot contain my secret, O

    slave, and tears speak of it.

  4. أنَّى لمثلي فيكَ كَتْمُ الهوى

    والدمعُ سَكْبٌ والحشا خافق

    How can one like me conceal his love for you,

    when tears stream and the heart throbs?