أَرَقُّ من الماء لولا الشُّعَاع

لأَفْنَتْهُ رَشْفاً شفاه المُقَلْ

More delicate than water, if not for the radiance -

I would have extinguished it with a sip, lips of the infatuated one.

وكالنّار من وَهَج تِيه الصَّبا

فلولا تبسُّمه لاشْتَعَلْ

And like fire from the blaze of his passion’s delirium -

If not for his smile, it would have ignited.