سر فكفى بفيض دمعيَ سلاّ

وأحاديث صبوتي فيك تبلّى

My secret is enough with the outpouring of my tears

And the conversations of my youth about you are exhausted

أكثر العاذلون فيك ولكن

لَمْ يجد عذلهم بقلبي محلاّ

Most who passionately love you, but

Their passion found no place in my heart

وقفت همتي عَلَيْكَ وقوفاً

لَيْسَ تبغي سواك فِي الناس خلاّ

My aspirations were focused on you, standing

Seeking nothing but you among people, absolutely

غبت عني فغاب أنسي ورشدي

وأردت البعاد فازددت دلا

You were absent from me, so my intimacy and sensibleness were absent

And I wanted distance, so I increased in yearning

إن صبري يلقى الشدائد لكن

حين لافى جمالك الفرد ولّى

Indeed my patience meets hardships, but

When it faces your unmatched beauty, it retreats