خَبَأتكَ في عَيني وَأَطبقت جفنَها

عَلى حُسنِكَ الباهي وَهِمتُ بِهِ وَجدا

I hid you in my eye and closed its lid

upon your radiant beauty; and I was passionately enamored of it.

وَداوَمت غمضَ العَينِ حِفظاً لِمَن بها

فَإِن فَتحت بِالسهوِ أَطبقتها عَمدا

I kept the eye closed, to safeguard the one within it;

if it opened by mistake, I closed it on purpose.