1. رعى الله زهراً ينتمي لقرنفل

    حكى عَرْفَ من أهوى وإشراقَ خَدِّهِ

    May God protect a blossom of the carnation kind.

    It mirrored the fragrance of the one I love and the radiance of his cheek.

  2. ومنبته في شاهق متمنّعٍ

    كما امتنع المحبوب في تيهِ صدِّهِ

    And it grows on a lofty, inaccessible height,

    Just as the beloved holds himself aloof in his haughty rejection.

  3. أميل إذا الأغصان مالت بروضةٍ

    أعانق منها القُضْبَ شوقاً لقدِّهِ

    I sway when the branches sway in a garden;

    I embrace their shoots, longing for his form.

  4. وأهفو لخفّاق النسيم إذا سرى

    وأهوى أريج الطيب من عَرْقِ نَدِّهِ

    And I yearn for the fluttering breeze when it wafts by,

    And I love the perfume’s fragrance from his incense-scented sweat.