1. حرُّ أنفاسي هوىً في قلبهِ

    أنفدَ الصبرَ وأهدى السقَما

    The heat of my breaths is passion in his heart;

    It has exhausted patience and bestowed sickness.

  2. فإذا طالت بهِ أنفاسُهُ

    صَدَعت ما لم يَزَل مُلتئِما

    And when his breaths grow long because of it,

    They split what had always remained whole.

  3. يا غليلاً في الحَشا مسكنُهُ

    يُمطِرُ العينينِ دَمعاً وَدَما

    O burning thirst whose dwelling is in the breast,

    Making both eyes rain tears and blood.

  4. لو تركتَ القلبَ لم يَبدُ هوىً

    لم تَدعهُ العينُ أن يَنكتما

    Had you left the heart alone, no passion would have appeared;

    The eye would not have let it remain concealed.