1. أحمامة الوادي بمنعرج اللوى

    نار النوى فتكت بغيرك فاهجعي

    O dove of the valley, at the bend of al-Liwa,

    The fire of separation has ravaged another, not you—so sleep.

  2. لم يبق لي بعد الحبيب مساعدٌ

    إن كنت مسعدة الكئيب فرجِّعي

    No comforter remains to me after my beloved;

    If you would console the sorrowful, sing your refrain.

  3. إنا تقاسمنا الغضا فغصونه

    وحزونه صارا حماك ومربعي

    We have divided the ghada trees between us: their boughs

    And their rugged ground became your refuge and my abode.

  4. ولحسن حظك أصبحت عذباته

    في راحتيك وناره في أضلعي

    And by your good fortune, their tender shoots now lie

    In your palms, while their fire burns within my ribs.