نالَهُ ما بمقلتيكَ فأنا

وجفاهُ الصبرُ الجميلُ فَحَنَّا

What my eyes obtained through you, I became

And his aloofness, beautiful patience, bent

واشتكى ما به إليكَ فؤادٌ

كانَ لولاهُ آمناً مُطمئنا

And a heart complained to you what ails it

It would have been, were it not for it, tranquil and content

مُدنفاً أنت سلوةٌ مِن جَميعِ الن

ناس لو كانَ نالَ ما يتَمنى

You are gentleness from all men

If he had attained what he wishes

لكَ قلبٌ ما إن يَلينُ وَجسمٌ

كقَضيبٍ من لينهِ يتَثنَّى

You have a heart that does not soften, and a body

Like a rod, from its softness it bends