والحُبُّ لَوْلا جَوْرُهُ في حكْمِهِ

ما سَلّم الأَقْوى لأَمْرِ الأَضْعَفِ

Were it not for love's tyranny in its rule,

The stronger would not submit to the weaker's command.

لَمْ يُبْقِ لي جِسْماً ولا دَمْعاً فَقُلْ

في مُدْنَفٍ يَبْكي بِدَمْعِ مُدْنَفِ

It left me neither body nor tear, so say

In an elegy that weeps with the tear of an elegy.