1. رمى بسهام ناظره فؤادي

    غزال فاتر الأجفان رامي

    He shot my heart with the arrows of his gaze—

    A gazelle with languid eyelids, an archer.

  2. ونادى ما مرامك يا معنى

    فقلت الوصل يا رامي مرامي

    And he called, “What is your desire, O tormented one?”

    So I said, “Union, O archer, is my desire.”

  3. فما أحلاه من برٍّ تلافى

    تلافي حين خيَّم في خيامي

    How sweet he is, a kindly one who averted

    My ruin when he pitched camp among my tents!