وهيفاءَ كالغصنِ القويمِ قوامُها

تَثنَّت كما اهتزَّ القضيبث على الكثبِ

Her stature is like a straight branch

Swaying as the sticks shook on the dune

بوجهٍ له حسنُ الهلالِ اذا بدا

وقد جَنحت شمسُ النهارِ الى الغَربِ

With a face whose beauty equals the crescent moon when it first appears

And the sun of daylight has inclined to the west

تبدّت فلم أجرح لاجلالِها يدي

غداةَ بَدت لكن جرحتُ لها قلبي

In the morning she appeared but I did not injure my hands because of her glory

Yet I did wound my heart for her sake

فواعجباً مِن صاحباتِكَ يوسفٌ

ومنِّي لمّا أن دُعينا الى الحبِّ

What a wonder from your companions, O Yusuf

And from me when we were called to love

ضعيفاتُ لُبٍّ يمتنعنَ على الهوى

وليثُ شرىً تقتادُهُ غادةُ السِّربِ

Feeble-minded ones who refrain from passion

While a fierce lion is led by a herd of deer