قَضيبُ بانٍ جَناهُ وَردُ

تحملُهُ وجنةٌ وخدُّ

A staff of Bani's folly brought him

It bears him, and a cheek and garden

لم اثنِ طرفي إليهِ إلا

ماتَ عزاءٌ وعاشَ وجدُ

When to him I did not incline my glance

Consolation died, and passion lived

مُلِّكَ طوعَ النفوسِ حتَّى

عَلَّمَهُ الزهوُ كيفَ يبدو

You have tamed souls until

Vanity taught it how to appear

واجتمعَ الصَّدُّ فيهِ حتَّى

ليسَ لخلقٍ سِواهُ صَدُّ

And disdain in it gathered until

For creation apart from it there is no disdain