1. داووا مَرضي فدائيَ اليَومَ عَجيب

    إِن أَبرأَني مِنهُ طَبيبٌ فَحَبيب

    Treat my illness, for my ailment today is strange.

    If any physician cures me of it, that physician is a beloved.

  2. لَم أَشتَهِ في مَرضة عِشقي هَذي

    إِلّا كَبِدَ العاذِلِ أَو عَينَ رَقيب

    In this bout of my lovesickness, I have craved nothing

    but the reproacher's liver or a watcher's eye.