لو أنَّ طرفي يراهُ ما سهرا

ولا جرى منه دمعهُ دُررا

Had he seen me stay up nightlong for him

And for him flowed pearls of tears in streams

لا أمل القلبُ عندَ سلوتهِ

ولا أرادَ السلوَّ ما قدرا

The heart would not have hoped of solace

Nor would Solace have wished their decree

أشكو إلى اللَه من محاسنهِ

أكثرَ مما أن يشبهَ القمرا

I complain to God of his beauty

More than the moon resembles his features

لو أنَّ من لينهِ ورقتهِ

بقلبهِ ما جفا ولا هجرا

Had his tenderness and his gentility

Been inside his heart, no aversion, no leaving