حَكى من أحب المسكَ لَوناً وَنَفحةً

لِذَلك أَضحى وَهوَ فينا مُشَرَّفُ

He told of one who loved musk for its color and fragrance

Thus he became exalted while still among us

وَقَد لَبِسَت بُرداً سَوادَ قُلوبِنا

أَلَم تَرَها أَضحَت عَلَيها تُرَفرِفُ

Yet our hearts have donned robes of blackness

Have you not seen them fluttering above it?

وَمالَت إِلَيها العَينُ إِذ هِيَ شِبهها

فَلَيسَ لَها عَنها مَدى الدَهرِ مَصرِفُ

And the eye was inclined toward it, for it resembled it

So it has no refuge from it for eternity