1. نامَ من لمَّا ينم عنهُ السَّهر

    لم يوق من ملماتِ الفِكَر

    He whom sleeplessness had not yet betrayed slept,

    Unshielded from the afflictions of thought,

  2. خاليَ القلبِ من الشوقِ الذي

    غرَّقَ الخدينِ في ماءِ البصر

    His heart free of the longing that

    Drowned both cheeks in tears.

  3. زَعمَ العاذلُ أني مفرطٌ

    في هوَى من منهُ يستحيي القَمر

    The reproacher claimed I was excessive

    In loving one before whom the moon grows shy.

  4. لو رأى بعضَ الذي عاينتُهُ

    لم يزل ما عاشَ عبداً للنظر

    Had he seen some of what I beheld,

    He would have remained a slave to gazing all his life.