1. تَعَلَّمْتُ عِلْمَ الكِيمِيَاءِ بِحُبِّهِ

    غَزَالٌ بِجِسْمِي ما بِجَفْنَيْهِ مِنْ سُقْمِ

    I learned the science of alchemy through loving him—

    A gazelle: my body bears the sickness in his eyelids.

  2. فَصَعَّدْتُ أَنْفاسِي وَقَطَّرْتُ أَدْمُعي

    فَصَحَّ بِذا التَّدْبِيْرِ تَصْفِيرَةُ الجِسْمِ

    So I sublimated my breaths and distilled my tears,

    And by this procedure, the body's yellowing was achieved.