تَطْرِيزُ خَدَّيْكَ بالرَّيْحانِ والرَّاحِ

لَمْ يُبْقِ عَقْلاً صَحِيحاً لا ولا صاحي

The embroidery of your cheeks with basil and breeze

Has left no sane mind, neither awake nor asleep

عِذارُ آسٍ عَلى خَدَّين قدْ جَمَعا

لِرَوْنقِ الرَّاحِ تَرْوِيحاً لأرواحِ

The excuse of a willowy one over cheeks that gathered

The grace of the breeze as solace for souls

تَبارَكَ اللهُ بارِيهِ عَلى قَدَرٍ

رَيْحانَتَيْنِ على كاسَيْنِ مِنْ راحِ

Blessed is Allah, their Creator, for the measure

Of two basil plants on two cups of breeze

أمَّا العِذارُ فَما أوْفى بِمَعذِرَتي

لو كانَ يلحَظُهُ عَنْ لَحْظيَ اللَّاحي

As for the excuse, it did not suffice my justification

If the mischievous one were to glimpse my fervent gaze

سأُلْزِمُ النَّفْسَ حُكْمَ الصَّبر مُحتَسِباً

أجْرِي على اللهِ في تَفْنِيدِ نُصّاحي

I will obligate myself to patience's rule with acceptance

Of my reward from God in heeding advisors