1. وَمَا بَالُ بَرْقِ الثَّغْرِ فِي غَيْهَبِ اللَّمَى

    يُعَلِّقُ آمَالِي بِذَيْلِ مَطَامِعِي

    And why does the mouth's lightning, amid the gloom of dusky lips,

    hang my hopes upon the hem of my desires?

  2. جَعَلْتُ الحَشَا مُسْتَوْدَعَ الهَمّ وَالأسَى

    فَهَلاَّ جَعَلْتِ الصَّبْرَ إحْدَى الودَائِعِ

    I made my heart a repository for worry and sorrow;

    then why did you not make patience one of its deposits?

  3. وَصَيَّرْتِ مَارِسْتَانَ قَلْبِيَ مَوْطِنًا

    لمجْنُونِ شَوْقٍ سَلْسَلَتْهُ مَدَامِعِي

    And you turned my heart's asylum into a home

    for one maddened by longing, whom my tears have chained.