يا قَلبُ قُل لي أينَ صادَفك الهَوى

أَم كَيفَ عَنّ لكَ الغزالُ السّانِحُ

O heart, tell me where did love find you

Or how did the gentle gazelle entice you

كيفَ اِطّباكَ إِلى الهوى غَمْرٌ بِهِ

سُكرُ الصِّبا جَذَعاً وأنتَ القارحُ

How did the wine of youth inebriate you to love

While you were a sprout and it was the planter

إِنَّ الّذين عَلى مِنىً عُلِّقْتَهُمْ

راحوا وَكَم أَردَى المقيم الرّائحُ

Indeed, those whom you were attached to

Departed, and how much did the resident wind scatter

ما ضرّهمْ طَرَحوا الحدوجَ وإنّما

أحداجُهمْ مُهَجٌ لنا وجوانِحُ

It did not harm them to shed the sarongs, but rather

Their affections for us were tender and pliant

وتكلّفوا ذَبْحَ الهَدِيِّ وإنّما

ألْحاظُهُنّ لنا هناكَ ذوابحُ

And they took care to slaughter the sacrifice, but rather

Their glances for us there were the slaughterers