1. يا غالي الاثمان غلّوك بالحيل

    من يوم سمّو بك جميل المحيا

    O precious one, they made you dearer by far,

    Since the day they gave your name to one fair of face.

  2. شخص(ن) تمنيته على العدل و الميل

    و الحمد لله يوم خلّي تهيّا

    Someone I longed for, right or wrong,

    And praise be to God for the day my beloved came my way.

  3. اشبهه بالّلي عسيف(ن) من الخيل

    تلعب وانا حبل الرّسَن في يديّا

    I liken him to an unbroken horse:

    It frolics while I hold the halter-rope in my hands.

  4. أورق غرامه مثل غرس(ن) على سيل

    مشهاة قلبي يوم جالي شهيّا

    Love for him leafed out like a sapling beside a torrent.

    My heart's desire—so alluring when he came to me.

  5. أعن له عنَّة هَل الكيف للهيل

    ما ذاق راعي الكيف انا ذقته هنيّا

    I yearn for him as coffee lovers yearn for cardamom.

    What the coffee lover tasted, I savored with delight.

  6. حبَّه سرَى بي سر ية الغيم بالليل

    نسيم ليله قال للشوق هيّا

    Love for him bore me along like clouds journeying by night;

    His night's breeze said to longing, 'Come!'