وتُنكِر وجدي وما سار مِنْ

وتُنكِر وجدي وما سار مِنْ

نظامي فيها مَسيرَ المثَلْ

نظامي فيها مَسيرَ المثَلْ

And she denies my passion, and what has gone abroad from me—

And she denies my longing and what has spread of

my verse about her, circulating like a proverb.

My verse about her, circulating like a proverb.

وها أنا واللهِ في حُبّها

وها أنا واللهِ في حُبّها

صريغُ الغواني جريحُ المُقَلْ

صريغُ الغواني جريحُ المُقَلْ

And here I am, by God, in love with her,

And here I am, by God, in love with her,

felled by beauties, wounded by eyes.

Felled by beauties, wounded by their eyes.