أسفي على لدن القوامِ رشيقهِ

قاسي الفؤاد على المتيّم فظّه

I weep for the tenderness of her supple waist

My heart is harsh towards the enamoured one and his severity

إعجب لجفني من غزارة دمعهِ

فيه ومن قلبي لقلة حظّه

Strange are my eyelids with the abundance of his tears

In them, yet my heart has little share

رقّت دموعي عند شكوى هجره

ورقيبهِ فكأنَّها من لفظه

My tears flowed at the complaint of his estrangement

And his watcher, as if from his recital

ماضٍ على غلوائه صلفاً فلا

يصغي إلى زجر المحبّ ووعظه

Unbending in his passion, he pays no heed

To the rebuke of the lover and his preaching

يلقى الأعادي تحت زغف عذاره

في رمح قامته وصارم لحظه

He meets enemies under the flashes of his eyelids

In the spear of his stature and the blade of his glance