سَهَّدَ الطرفَ وأَضنَى البَدنا

ورأى إِضرارهُ بي حَسنا

He rested his eyelids and leaned his body

And saw that he had harmed me with beauty

رَقدت عيناكَ يا من طرفُهُ

لم يَدع عمداً لِطرفي وَسنا

Your eyes fell asleep, O you whose eyelids

Did not intentionally leave my eyes and tooth a chance

قال لي الناصحُ أضناكَ الهوى

قلتُ ما زالَ علينا أو لنا

The advisor said to me, love has made you lean

I said, it still has not ceased for us or against us

ما جَنَت عَيني وَماذا صَنعت

كيفَ يوتى المرءُ مِما أمِنا

My eye has not sinned, and what has it done?

How can one die from what we love?