1. أَيا مَن نَخافُ عَلى قَدِّهِ

    إِذا هَزَّ عِطفَيهِ أَن يَنقَصِف

    O you whose figure we fear for,

    lest it snap when you sway your flanks.

  2. مَرِضَت فَلَولا طَبيبُ الرَجا

    ءِ ماتَ فُؤادي بِداءِ الأَسَف

    She fell ill; but for the physician of hope,

    my heart would have died of sorrow's malady.

  3. فَإِن يَجُرَّ الضَعفُ في حُكمِهِ

    فَلا بُدَّ مِن صِحَّةٍ تَنتَصِف

    If weakness is unjust in its rule,

    then recovery must come to claim redress.

  4. فَلا تَجزَعَنَّ لَها عِلَّةً

    فَلا بُدَّ لِلبَدرِ أَن يَنكَسِف

    So do not be distraught for her over an illness:

    for the full moon must be eclipsed.