ولمّا التَقَينا قَرَّبَ الشَوقُ جُهدهُ

شَجِيَّينِ فاضا لَوعَة وَعِتابا

When we met, yearning intensified its efforts

My burning sorrows and reproaches overflowed

كَأنَّ حَبيباً في خِلالِ حَبيبهِ

تَسَرَّبَ أثناءَ العِناقِ وَغابا

As if a lover, in the arms of his beloved

Had slipped away during an embrace, and was gone