كلامٌ كمثل الدر ننثره نثرا

كلامٌ كمثل الدر ننثره نثرا

ووصل كظل الروض نعطيكه نزرا

ووصل كظل الروض نعطيكه نزرا

Speech like pearls, which we scatter freely;

Words like pearls we scatter them scattering,

And union like a garden’s shade, which we give you sparingly.

And affection like meadow's shade we give you mildly,

ولو لم تشب وصلي بهجر لخلتني

ولو لم تشب وصلي بهجر لخلتني

أشافه منها المشس أو الثم البدرا

أشافه منها المشس أو الثم البدرا

And had she not mingled my union with estrangement, I would have thought myself

And if you had not compared my affection to estrangement, I would have left

Speaking face-to-face with the sun in her, or kissing the full moon.

The sun be healed by it, or the full moon.