لا تَعد في لحظةٍ يا بصري
وأنجُ من مُلكِ الهوى بالحذَرِ
Do not look again, even for an instant, O my sight;
and escape love’s dominion by keeping wary.
لم يَعد قلبي إلى موضعِه
بك مذ أسلمتهُ للنظرِ
My heart has not returned to its place
because of you, since I surrendered it to gazing.
فإذا عادَ فإن شِئتَ فَعُد
وتهيا للبكا والسهَرِ
If it returns, then—if you wish—return,
and prepare yourself for tears and sleeplessness.
وارمهِ بالوَجدِ والشوقِ معاً
والتصابي والضَّنى والفِكَرِ
Pelt it with passion and longing together,
with youthful amorous folly, wasting lovesickness, and brooding thoughts.
Sol 5.6