تَرَى عِذارَيه ما قاما بَمَعْذِرتي

عند العذولِ فيغدو وهو يَعذِرُني

Do you see how she stood, without excusing me?

In the morning she excuses me, being forbearing.

رِيمٌ كأنّ له في كلّ جارِحةٍ

عِقداً من الحُسن أَو نوعاً مِن الفِتَنِ

A gazelle whose every limb

Bears a knot of beauty or some kind of charm -

أَخفَى مِن السِّرِّ لكْن حُسنُ صورتِه

إذا تأمّلتَه أَبْدَى مِن العَلَنِ

More hidden than a secret, but when

You observe him, more manifest than the open.

كأنّ جوهَره من لطفِهِ عَرَضٌ

فليس تَحوِيه إلا أعينُ الفَطِن

As if his essence were a manifestation of his gentleness

So that none can contain him but the eyes of the keen-sighted.

والله ما فَتَنَتْ عَيْني مَحاسِنُه

إلاّ وقد سَحرَتْ ألفاظه أُذني

And by God, his beauties did not entrance my eye

Except that his words also enchanted my ear.

ما تُصْدِر العينُ عنه لحظَها مَلَلاً

كأنّه كلّ شيءٍ مُرْتضىً حَسَنِ

My eyes do not weary of gazing on him for a moment -

It is as if he is everything lovable and beautiful.

يا منتهَى أملي لا تُدْنِ لي أَجَلي

ولا تُعَذِّب ظُنوني فيكَ بالظنَنِ

O ultimate hope of mine, do not hasten my death

And do not torment my thoughts about you with suspicions.

إن كان وجهُك وجهاً صِيغَ مِن قَمَرٍ

فإنّ قَدَّك قَدٌّ قُدَّ مِن غُصُنِ

If your face was fashioned from a moon,

Then your stature was fashioned from a branch.