بِأَبي مَن زارَني مُكتتِمّا

حَذيراً مِن كُلِّ واشٍ جَزِعا

By the one whose visitor came to me concealing,

Cautious of every slanderous gossip, alarmed,

زائِراً نَمَّ عَلَيهِ حُسنُهُ

كَيفَ يُخفى اللَيلُ بَدراً طَلَعا

A visitor whose beauty slept upon him,

How can the night conceal a rising moon?

رَصَدَ الغَفلَةَ حَتّى أَمكَنَت

وَرَعى السامِرَ حَتّى هَجَعا

He watched for the unmindful moment until it enabled,

And herded the conversation until it rested,

رَكِبَ الأَهوالَ في زَورَتِهِ

ثُمَّ ما سَلَّمَ حَتّى وَدَّعا

He rode the terrors in his falsehood,

Then he did not bid safety until he bade farewell.