ومفردٍ بالحُسْنِ أفردْتُهُ

بالحُبِّ لمَّا قَلَّ عُشَّاقُه

Alone in beauty I have singled him out

With love, though few his lovers are about

حيَّيتُه إذ نامَ عُذَّالُه

وطابَ للعُشَّاقِ أخلاقُه

I greeted him, while slumber bound his foes

His noble ways the lovers' hearts endow

وغضَّ من نخوتِه علمُهُ

بأنني وحديَ مُشتاقُه

His banner of disdain he lowers now

For I alone desired him, I avow