جنى لَحظُ عَيني مِن محاسِنِ وَجهِهِ

جنى لَحظُ عَيني مِن محاسِنِ وَجهِهِ

ولمْ أدرِ أنَّ اللحْظَ لّما جتى جنى

ولمْ أدرِ أنَّ اللحْظَ لّما جتى جنى

My eye's glance gathered from the beauties of his face,

My gaze reaped the beauty of his face

And I did not know that the glance, when it gathered, did wrong.

Yet I knew not that when it glanced, it reaped.

أشارَ يُمَنِّيني بوَصلٍ أن اصْطَبِرْ

أشارَ يُمَنِّيني بوَصلٍ أن اصْطَبِرْ

فكلَّفَني فيما بهِ قد عنى عَنا

فكلَّفَني فيما بهِ قد عنى عَنا

He gestured, holding out hope of union: "Be patient."

With intimacy he gestured, bidding me patience-

So he burdened me with hardship through what he had meant by it.

Thus he burdened me with that which he intended.