إِنَّ الأُلَى أرضاكَ قولُهُمُ

بالأمسِ تحتَ رِضاهُمُ سُخْطُ

Lovers' words once pleased me

Yesterday under their contentment was my discontent

لما صفَا ملكُ الجمالِ لهمْ

تاهوا على العُشَّاقِ واشتطُّوا

When the beauty of his kingdom was unveiled to them

They went astray with passion and were excessive

همّوا ببَيْنٍ فاسْتُطيرَ له

قلبي فكيفَ يكونُ إِن شَطُّوا

They intended separation so my heart took flight

How could it be if they went too far

ومَليحة الحركاتِ إِنْ رفَلَتْ

في الحيّ شاغبَ عِقدَها القُرطُ

The beauty in her movements, if she sways

In the neighborhood, her earrings excite

نمَّ المروطُ بجسمِها فبدَا

والشمسُ ليس يكنُّها مِرْطُ

The lote-tree swayed with her body appearing

While the sun cannot conceal it at all

فتحَ الصَّبَا في صحنِ وجنتِها

ورداً يضاعِفُ حسنَهُ اللَّقْطُ

The morning breeze opened in her cheek's garden

A rose whose beauty is doubled by picking

قالتْ وقد ولَّتْ حمولُهمُ

والعِيسُ فوقَ جُفونِها تخطُو

She said, as their resolves turned away

With sleepiness over her eyelids treading

كان الشبابُ الغضُّ يجمعُنا

فمضَى وشتَّتَ شملَنا الوَخْطُ

Youthful vigor once gathered us

Then it passed and dispersed our union completely

غدر الأحبةُ والشبابُ مَعَاً

فكأننَّا لم نصطحِبْ قَطُّ

The loved ones and youth together betrayed

As if we never accompanied one another at all

وقد استعنتُ على مشيبيَ بال

مِقْراضِ لمَّا ساءَني المُشْطُ

I have resorted to composure in my old age

When the comb distressed me intensely