وَأُحاوِلُ السلوانَ عَن حُبّي له

فَيعزُّني منه أَغرُّ مُفَلَّجُ

I try to distract him from my love

Yet he dazzles me, a languid narcissus

كالأَقحوان سَقاهُ أَرى رُضابِه

وَجَلاه مِن صبغِ السَوادِ بنفسج

Like an anemone he’s watered, I see his branches

And he’s adorned himself in violet dye