بروحيَ من حيَّا سلامي بردِّه

بروحيَ من حيَّا سلامي بردِّه

حياء وفي طي الحشا نشر ودّه

حياء وفي طي الحشا نشر ودّه

My soul be ransom for the one who acknowledged my greeting with his reply,

I would give my soul for him who returned my greeting,

shyly, and within the heart’s folds unfurled his love.

Bashfully, while his affection unfolds in the heart's folds.

أرى بلبل الأفكار في روض حسنه

أرى بلبل الأفكار في روض حسنه

يردد أشعاري على غصن قدّه

يردد أشعاري على غصن قدّه

I see thought’s nightingale in the garden of his beauty,

I see the nightingale of thoughts in the garden of his beauty,

repeating my verses upon the branch of his slender form.

Repeating my verses on the branch of his stature.