أيا من شفه داء دخيل

بوجد جسمه منه نحيل

O you who suffer from an alien disease

Seeing his body becoming frail

سألت أولى الصبابة عن دواء

لمن يهوى وذلك مستحيل

I asked the youth about a cure

For one who loves, and that is impossible

لقد أسمعت من ناديت لكن

لعمرك من شكوت له عليل

I have heard those I called but

By your life, to whom I complained, patient

ولو ذاق الهوى بقراط يوما

لضلّ بطبه عنه السبيل

If Hippocrates had tasted love one day

He would have lost his way in curing it

وكم مثلي ومثلك مستهام

شج بلحاظ فاتنه قتيل

And how many like me and you are lovesick

Captivated by the glance of a deadly charmer

وكم من فارس بطل ثناه

أسيراً في الوغى لحظ كليل

And how many valiant knights extolled

Became captive amidst the fray from a fleeting wink

ولو كان الغرام له دواء

لكان دواءه الصبر الجميل

And if love had a remedy

Its cure would be beautiful patience