ظبي تهاب الأسد موقف طعنه

آجالنا سكنت بمرهف جفنه

The gazelle fears the lion though his stance wounds

Our lifespans settled on the edge of his eyelid

سلب القوى بصدوده ونفوره

من مسعفي بوصاله وبأمنه

Robbing strength with his rejection and aversion

Of my efforts for his friendship and safety

يا أيها الرشأ الذي من سحره

هاروت اصبح عاجزا في فنه

O you whose magic Hārūt became powerless in his craft

Be gentle, it's the way of kings, so do not drag

الرفق من شيم الملوك فلا تجر

يا مالكا كل القلوب بحسنه

O owner of all hearts, with your beauty

Passion rules my mind, melting it

حكم الغرام بمهجتي فأذابها

والشوق هد تصبري من ركنه

And longing weakened my patience from its pillar

Your abandonment caused a separation between my eyelid and tears

وجفاك فرق بين جفني والكرى

وسحاب جفني صب آخر مزنه

And a cloud poured from my eyelid its last shower

Have mercy on one lovesick for you, about

عطفا على صب صريع هواك إذ

قد كاد يقضي حسرة من حزنه

To perish from sorrow in his grief

Forgive, even with a visit to cool my ardour

واسمح ولو بزيارة تطفي الجوى

وتحرق الواشي بخيبة ظنه

And burn the slanderer with his ill thoughts