1. سأطفي حرارات الفؤاد من الهوى

    بغير التقاء حين تسنو لواهبهُ

    I shall quench the heart's burning heat of passion,

    Without a meeting, when its flames gleam.

  2. كما ضرم النيران ادمان مشعل

    طفته بغير الماء قدماً ثواقبه

    As the blaze of fires, ceaselessly stoked by a kindler,

    Was quenched long ago, without water, by its piercing flames.

  3. وأصبر للأحزان منك زنادها

    فإطفاؤها بالصبرِ ما جدَّ غالبه

    And I endure the sorrows whose fire-strikers come from you;

    For patience quenches them, so long as their conqueror perseveres.

  4. فكيفَ بحقدٍ منك في القلبِ راسخِ

    ولا شيءَ يُطفيه فقد عزَّ جانبه

    Then what of rancor from you, firmly rooted in the heart?

    And nothing quenches it, for its flank has grown impregnable.