يا عزيزاً لم تَبتَذله العيونُ

فَهو عن أعينِ الأنامِ مَصونُ

O dear one whom eyes have not made common

So he is protected from people's eyes

مدنفُ القلبِ ناحِلُ الجِسم يهوا

كَ إذا ما صددتَ كيفَ يكونُ

Saddened of heart, exhausted of body, he is passionate

As though, when confronted, how could it be otherwise?

يا فتوراً حواهُ بالنظرِ الفا

تِر من لحظِ مقلتيهِ الجفونُ

O listlessness has made him languid with an eye

Drowsy from the glance of his sleepy eyelids

ليسَ بعدَ الغليلِ والشوقِ وال

وجدِ وطُولِ السقامِ إلا المنونُ

After desire and longing and ecstasy

And length of lovesickness, there is nothing left but death