قالوا تَعَشَّقتَها عَمياءَ قُلتُ لَهُم

ما شانَها ذاكَ في عَيني وَلا قَدَحا

They said you've fallen blindly in love with her

I said to them, what's it to do with her eyes and finding fault?

بَل زادَ وَجدِيَ فيها أَنَّها أَبَداً

لا تُبصِرُ الشَيبَ في فودي إِذا وَضَحا

Rather, my passion for her grew because she'll never

See the gray hair in my hairline as it becomes exposed

إِن يَجرَحِ السَيفُ مَسلولاً فَلا عَجَبٌ

وَإِنَّما عَجَبي مِن مُغمَدٍ جَرَحا

It's no wonder if an unsheathed sword wounds

What amazes me is a sheath that wounds

كَأَنَّما هِيَ بُستانٌ خَلَوتُ بِهِ

وَنامَ ناظِرُهُ سَكرانَ قَد طَفَحا

It's as if she were a garden I was alone in

And its keeper slept drunk once overflowing

تَفَتَّحَ الوَردُ فيهِ مِن كَمائِمِهِ

وَالنَرجِسُ الغَضُّ فيهِ بَعدُ ما اِنفَتَحا

The roses bloomed from their buds there

And the soft narcissus after it had just bloomed