ظَلَمَني والظُّلْمُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ

وَجازَ في الظُّلْمِ مَدى حَدِّهِ

He wronged me, and the wrong was from him,

And he exceeded the limit in that wrong.

ظَبْيٌ غَدا طَرْفي لهُ ناظِراً

لَمَّا رأى قَلْبيَ مِنْ جُنْدِهِ

A gazelle, whose glance became mine,

When he saw that my heart was his soldier.

فَدَيْتُ مَنْ صَبْري عَلى جَوْرِهِ

أَحْسَنُ مِنْ صَبْري عَلى فَقْدِهِ

I ransomed the one who had patience over his tyranny,

Better than my patience over losing him.

انْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلى خَدِّهِ

والعارِضِ المُثْبَتِ في خَدِّهِ

Look at him and his cheek,

And the moles settled on his cheek.

كَأَنَّهُ فَجْرُ وِصالٍ بَدا

تَحْتَ ظَلامٍ مِنْ دُجى صَدِّهِ

It is as if it is the dawn of union that appeared,

Under darkness from the intensity of its veil.

تَحْسُدُهُ الشَّمسُ عَلى حُسْنِهِ

كما يَغارُ الغُصْنُ مِنْ قَدِّهِ

The sun envies him for his beauty,

Like a branch envies its twigs.