1. وَمُرَنَّحِ الأَعطافِ في أَجفانِهِ

    سَقَمٌ يَزيدُ بِهِ سَقامَ المُدنَفِ

    And one with swaying limbs, within whose eyelids

    Lies a languor with which he deepens the lovesick sufferer's malady.

  2. عَنَّفتَني في حُبِّهِ وَلَرُبَّما

    أَبصَرتَهُ فَأَتَيتَ غَيرَ مُعَنَّفِ

    You rebuked me for loving him; yet perhaps

    You saw him and came away unrebuked.

  3. وَأَمَرتَني بِجُحودِهِ وَبِذِكرِهِ

    عَنوَنتُ ذِكرَ صَحيفَتي في المَوقِفِ

    And you bade me disown him, yet with mention of him

    I headed the account in my scroll at the gathering.

  4. وَحَياتِهِ ما حازَ مِثلَ كَمالِهِ

    أَحَدٌ وَلا تَجلِب عَليَّ بِيُوسُفِ

    By his life, perfection like his has not been attained

    By anyone—and do not invoke Joseph against me.