1. هويتَ فؤادي مَن يَراني عَبدَهُ

    أنا عبدُ رَبٍّ وهو عَبدٌ لِرَبّينِ

    You have loved, my heart, one who sees me as his slave.

    I am a slave to one lord, and he is a slave to two lords.

  2. كَأَنَّ فُؤادي بَينَ عَينيهِ كُلَّما

    يُلاحظني عصفورَةٌ بَينَ صَقرَينِ

    It is as though my heart, between his eyes, whenever

    he glances at me, were a sparrow between two falcons.