عجبت لمن يقول الشمس جارت

عليه ووجهه قمر الزمانِ

I'm amazed at one who says the sun has set

Upon him, though his face is the moon of the age.

فلم نسمع بأن الشمس يوماً

مع القمر استقرت في مكان

Never have we heard that the sun settled down

In a place together with the moon.

لعل خدوده التهبت حياءً

فقد عاتبه لما جفاني

Perhaps his cheeks blushed with shyness

When he was blamed for being unkind to me.