1. لمّا بَدا العِذارُ في وَجهِهِ

    قالَ العَذولُ صَحَّ لي مَطلبي

    When down appeared upon his face,

    the reprover said, “My wish has come true:

  2. فَإِنْ شَمسُ الحسنِ غابَت فَلَم

    يَبقَ لِمَن يَهواهُ مِنْ مأربِ

    for if the sun of beauty has set, then no

    desire remains for the one who loves him.”

  3. وَظَنَّ فيها أَن لَم تعُد

    وَأَنّني اِرعَويتُ ظَنَّ الغَبي

    And he thought it had not returned,

    and that I had desisted—a fool’s thought.

  4. فَالشَّمسُ قَد تَطلع مِنه أمَا

    قَد تَطلُعُ الشَّمسُ مِنَ المَغربِ

    For the sun may rise from him—might not

    the sun rise from the west?