1. أفدي الّذي فتن العقول بحسنه

    رشأٌ يغير البدر عند تمامِ

    I would give my life for the one whose beauty has bewitched minds—

    a young gazelle who makes the moon jealous at its fullest.

  2. كابدت فيه من الجوى ما لم يدع

    أرباً لقلبي في هويّ هيامِ

    For him I endured such burning anguish as left no

    desire in my heart amid passion’s headlong fall.