1. هـي والدنيا وما بـينهما

    غصصي الحرى وأهوائي العنيدة

    She and the world and all that lies between them,

    My burning sorrows and my stubborn passions—

  2. رحـلة لـلشوق لـم أبـلغ  بها

    مـا أرتـني من فراديس  بعيدة

    A journey of longing on which I did not reach

    The far-off paradises she showed me.

  3. طـال دربـي وانتهى زادي  له

    ومضى عمري على ظهر قصيدة

    My road grew long, and my provisions for it ran out,

    And my life passed on the back of a poem.