1. أميرٌ كأنّ قُمَيْرَ الدُجَى

    أفاضَ الضِّياءَ علَى صَفْحَتَيْهِ

    A prince, as though the little moon of the night

    had poured its radiance upon his two cheeks.

  2. تملأَّ قلْبيَ منْ حُبِّهِ

    غَداةَ نظَرْتُ بعَيْني إلَيْهِ

    My heart filled with love for him

    the morning I looked upon him with my own eyes.

  3. فَلا بسَطَ الدّهْرُ كفَّ الرّدَى

    لذاكَ الشُّخَيْصِ وذاكَ الوُجَيْهِ

    So may Time never stretch out the hand of death

    toward that little figure and that little face.