لِسانُ الفَتى نِصفٌ وَنِصفٌ فُؤادُهُ

فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا صورَةُ اللَحمِ وَالدَمِ

The tongue of the youth is half, and half is his heart,

So there remains only the image of flesh and blood.

وَكائِن فَتىً مِن مُعجِبٍ لَكَ حُسنُهُ

زِيادَتُهُ أَو نَقصُهُ في التَكَلُّمِ

And however much a youth is infatuated by your beauty,

His increase or decrease is in his speech.