الطرفُ يَبكي رَحمةً للبدَن

والقلبُ مما بهما ذو شَجن

The eye weeps in pity for the body,

and the heart, for what afflicts them both, is laden with sorrow.

بعضٌ دَهى بَعضاً فكلّ جنى

فذا وهذاك وَذا مُرتَهن

One has afflicted another, and so each has transgressed;

thus this one, that one, and this one stand in bondage.

يا مَن هُو الحُسن ومن طَرفه

اللحظُ فلا يقسمُ إلا الفتن

O you who are beauty itself, and from whose eye

comes a glance that apportions nothing but trials—

زدني هَوى وازداد به جفوةً

إذ كان ما تأتي إليه حسَن

deepen my passion, and through it grow still more aloof,

for whatever you do is beautiful.