قد بان قلبي الذي الأشواق ديدنه

بحيث لم ير بل لم يدر موطنه

My heart, whose habit is yearning, has appeared

In a place where none has seen, nor knows its abode

لما جهلت مكانا صار يسكنه

سألتها عن فؤادي أين مسكنه

When I was ignorant of where it resides

I asked her about my heart, where is its dwelling

لانه ضاع مني يوم مسراها

فوجهت وجهها نحوي وقد سمعت

For it was lost to me the day I gladdened her

So she turned her face towards me and she had heard

ما قلته وعلى مارمته اطلعت

وفي جواب سؤالي رأفة شرعت

What I said and understood what I hinted

And in answering my question, she began gracefully

قالت لدينا قلوب جمة جمعت

فأيها انت تعني قلت أشقاها

She said: "We have many hearts gathered here"

So which of them, I said, is its most wretched