1. ويدٌ لحسنكَ لا أقومُ بشكرِها

    في بعدِ معذرَتي وخَصمِ العاذلِ

    And your beauty has done me a kindness I cannot repay with thanks,

    In the far reach of my excuse and in defeating the reproacher.

  2. الناسُ فيكَ على مِثالٍ واحدٍ

    يلقونَ من عينيك ما بِمقاتِلي

    People are all alike where you are concerned:

    They receive from your eyes what is lodged in my vital parts.

  3. بأبي ونفسي أسهمٌ فوقتَها

    بالسحرِ من طَرفِ المُصيبِ النَّاضلِ

    May my father and my soul ransom the arrows you have nocked,

    With magic, from the gaze of the unerring, victorious archer.

  4. لو كنتَ ذقتَ كما أذقتُ من الهوى

    لَعلمتَ أنَّ هواكَ ليسَ بِباطلِ

    Had you tasted love as I have been made to taste it,

    You would have known that love for you is not groundless.