1. كَلِفَ الفُؤَادُ بِشَادِنٍ أبْصَرْتُهُ

    في مَأْتَمٍ يَبْكِي بِطَرْفٍ أَدْعَجِ

    My heart was smitten with a young gazelle I beheld

    At a mourning gathering, weeping with a wide, dark eye.

  2. ما زال يَخْمِشُ خَدّهُ بِبَنَانِهِ

    حتَّى تَنَقَّبَ وَرْدُهُ بِبَنَفْسَجِ

    He kept scratching his cheek with his fingertips,

    Until his rose donned a veil of violets.