حَورٌ بعينيه أطال تحَيُّري

ترك الدموع كخدِّه المتعصفرِ

Eyes whose gazes lengthened my bewilderment

Leaving tears like his blushed cheeks

غصن تأوَّد فوقَ دعصٍ من نقا

ليلٌ تَبلَّج عن نهار مسفرِ

A branch leaned over a thin palm trunk

A night shone from a radiant day

كالشمس إلا انّه متنفسٌ

عن مسكة متبسم عن جوهر

Like the sun but with a soul

Smiling with musk's scent and essence

وأطال من ليلي وقَصَّر ليله

أنِّي سهرتُ وأنه لم يسهر

He made my night longer and shortened his

For I was awake though he did not keep vigil