روحي فداك أغن مقتبل الصبا

عبثَ السقامُ بطرفهِ وبخصرِه

My soul I sacrifice for you, I sing facing youth

The sickness toyed with his eyes and his waist

قَمَرٌ أعار الروض منه محاسناً

زادت عليه نضارة في

A moon that lent the garden beauty from him

Increased upon it, tenderness in

فَلِبانهِ الميّال عطفة قَدِّه

ولنَورِه المختال رقَّة ثغرِه

His bending lips, the slope of his shoulders

And for his swaying light, the softness of his mouth