أحببته مثل بدر التم طلعته

في ليل طرته قد لذ لي سهري

I loved him like the full moon when it rose

In a dark night that my vigil was sweetened

مآربي فيه ما عزت ولا امتنعت

لأنني نلتها بالسمع والبصر

My aspirations in him were not haughty or aloof

For I attained them through hearing and sight