أسير هواك لا يرجو سراحا

ولا يلتذّ بعد لماك راحا

The captive of your love hopes for no release,

Nor does he relish wine after your dusky lips.

وقد طال المطال فليت شعري

أيحسن أن يقول الناس باحا

And the delay has dragged on—if only I knew:

Would it be fitting for people to say, "He has revealed his secret"?

وما سلّمت مذ حرّمت وصلي

فكيف تحرم النظر المباحا

And you have not greeted me since you forbade union with me;

So how can you forbid the lawful gaze?

بروحي فاتر الألحاظ أحوى

بكسر جفونه مزج المزاحا

I would give my soul for a dusky one with languid glances,

Who mingled teasing with the droop of his eyelids.

يصول على الفؤاد بها صحاحاً

ويثخن كسرها قلبي جراحا

He assails the heart with them intact,

And their drooping riddles my heart with wounds.