1. لَو أَنَّ قَلباً ذابَ مِن كَمَدٍ

    ما كانَ بَينَ ضُلوعِهِ قَلبُ

    If a heart could melt from anguish,

    there would be no heart within his ribs.

  2. لَو كُنتَ صَبّاً أَو تُسِرُّ هَوىً

    لَعَلِمتَ ما يَتَجَرَّعُ الصَبُّ

    If you were lovesick, or concealed a passion,

    you would surely know what the lovesick lover swallows.

  3. يَهوى اِقتِرابَكَ وَهوَ قاتِلُهُ

    فَشِفاؤُهُ وَسَقامُهُ القُربُ

    He longs for you to draw near, though it kills him;

    for nearness is both his cure and his sickness.