1. لو قوبل البدر يوماً من سناك غدا

    يقول ماذا الذي للشمس أبقيتا

    If ever the full moon were set against your radiance, it would begin

    To say, “What have you left for the sun?”

  2. ولو دعى ضوءُ فيكَ البرقَ أوقفه

    حيران ذا كلف بالنور مبهوتا

    And if a light within you summoned lightning, it would halt it,

    Bewildered, enamored of the light, dumbstruck.

  3. ولو مشيت على الحصباء غادرها

    غبار نعليك طيباً ينعش الميتا

    And if you walked upon the gravel, it would be left

    By the dust of your sandals as perfume that revives the dead.

  4. فارحم وصل عاشقاً أجرى مدامعه

    شعاع خديك مرجاناً وياقوتا

    So have mercy and grant union to a lover whose tears were set flowing

    By the radiance of your cheeks as coral and rubies.