لها من الرَّشإِ الوَسْنان عَيْناهُ

وبي من الوَجْد أَقْصاه وأَدْناهُ

Her eyes have the intoxication of wine

And I have the intensity of passion, in part and in whole

بِنفسيَ القمر المحجوب طلعتُهُ

عنّي وإِن كان يَهواني وأَهواه

I revealed the moon's face that was veiled from me

Even though it makes me insane and I make it insane

إِذا عزمتُ على السُّلوان خادعني

بثغره فثنتْ عنّي ثناياه

When I intended to complain, it deceived me

With its mouth, so I bent its branches away from me

وَليّ هواهُ على قلبي فَعذّبه

وحكَّم الحبَّ في جسمي فأَضناه

And it imposed its love on my heart, so it tortured it

And love took hold in my body, so it emaciated me