1. هَل جَدَّدَ لي حَديثكم تذكارا

    إِلّا وأُحِسُّ في ضُلوعي نارا

    Has talk of you ever revived a memory for me,

    without my feeling a fire within my ribs?

  2. هَل أُودِعَ آياتُ هَواكُم صُحُفا

    إِلّا وَجَدَ القَلبُ لَها أَعشارا

    Have the verses of love for you ever been entrusted to pages,

    without the heart finding ten-verse portions for them?