1. جحدتْ قتلي وقالت كيف لي

    قتلُ إنسانٍ ومالي من حُسامْ

    She denied killing me and said, “How can I

    Kill a person when I have no sword?”

  2. وبعينيها حُسامٌ مرهَفٌ

    حدُّه الكُحلُ وتفتيرُ السَّقام

    Yet in her two eyes is a keen-edged sword,

    Its edge is kohl and the languor of sickness.

  3. هَبْك قد أخفيتِ سهميك فَما

    لكِ أن تُخفي دمي تحتَ اللِّثامْ

    Grant that you have hidden your two arrows—what right

    Have you to hide my blood beneath the veil?

  4. هاكِ عيني وفؤادي فهُمَا

    عرّضاني لكِ يا بدرَ التِّمامْ

    Take my eye and my heart, for both

    Have exposed me to you, O full moon.

  5. فحلال لكِ في الحبّ دمي

    وهو يا حسناء للناس حرامْ

    So in love my blood is lawful for you,

    Yet, O beautiful one, it is forbidden to others.