1. أَمسَيتُ في عُنُقي مِن حُبِّ جارِيَةٍ

    غِلٌّ فلا فُكَّ عَنّي آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

    By evening, for love of a maiden, I wear around my neck

    A shackle—may it never be loosed from me, for all eternity.

  2. قَد ضَيَّعَ الحَزمَ مَن يَرمي بِمُهجَتِهِ

    إِلى الفَرقِ بِلا صَبرٍ وَلا جَلَدِ

    He has indeed squandered prudence who casts his lifeblood

    Into separation, with neither patience nor fortitude.