1. ساحر الطرف سقيم جفنه

    قمريُّ الوجه ليليُّ الشعر

    His gaze bewitches, his eyelid is languid;

    His face is moonlike, his hair like night;

  2. ناحل الخصر ثقيل ردفه

    مائس القد ردينيُّ الخطر

    His waist is slender, his haunches heavy;

    His figure sways; in motion he is a Rudayni spear.

  3. نافر عني وقلبي سكنه

    صفوة الود إذا قال غدر

    He shies away from me, though my heart is his dwelling;

    The very essence of affection—yet when he gives his word, he betrays.

  4. هل يراعي ذمة من ودنا

    لا وهيهات الوفا ممن غدر

    Does the one who loved us honor a pledge?

    No—faithfulness is far from one who has betrayed!

  5. طول ليلي وصله منتظر

    ليلة من وصله ألف شهر

    All night long I await union with him;

    A night of union with him is a thousand months.

  6. يا غضيض الطرف هب لي نظرة

    إن أعراضك أدهى وأمر

    O you of downcast gaze, grant me a glance:

    For your turning away is more grievous and more bitter.

  7. عجباً في خدك النار وفي

    مهجتي منها لهيب وشرر

    How strange! In your cheek is fire, and in

    my heart, a blaze and sparks from it.

  8. فاتني بعض رشادي في الهوى

    إن عذالي لقد قالوا كفر

    I lost some of my good sense in love.

    My reproachers have indeed said, 'He has disbelieved.'

  9. صدقوا غاب رشادي في الهوى

    وعلاقات الهوى إحدى الكبر

    They spoke truly: my good sense vanished in love,

    And love's entanglements are one of the great calamities.

  10. وإذا ذكرته عهد الصبا

    قال لي تلك ألاعيب الصغر

    And when I remind him of the pledge of youth,

    He tells me, 'Those are childhood games.'

  11. وإذا استعطفه القلب على

    فعل عينيه تعاطى فعقر

    And when my heart implores his compassion over

    what his eyes have done, he sets to it and strikes me down.

  12. يا امام الحسن هل منتظر

    لم تزل عندي الامام المنتظر

    O imam of beauty, is there anything to await?

    To me you have always been the Awaited Imam.

  13. وإذا أشكو له قرح الهوى

    قال لي صلِّ على خير البشر

    And when I complain to him of love's wound,

    He tells me, 'Invoke blessings upon the best of humankind.'