وقائل لم غبتَ عن لحظه

وأنت من أصغر غلمانه

And someone said, why have you been absent from his glances

When you are the youngest of his young men

فقلت ما أجهل فخري بمن

تسمو به سادات أزمانه

So I said, how ignorant is my pride in one

Whose nobility makes him eminent among the notable men of his time

هيبته تمنع من قربه

وحبه يغري بغشيانه

His awe prevents nearness to him

And his love tempts me to get close to him

وقد تبلدتُ فهل حيلةٌ

تبسط أنسي عند لقيانه

And I have grown dull, so is there a way

To spread my intimacy when meeting him