تعشقته غصناً ناضراً

يميل به السكر من ناظريه

I fell in love with him, a blooming branch,

Intoxicated by the sweetness in his eyes.

تحجب دون القنا شخصه

فصفرة لونيَ شوقاً إليه

His figure veiled beyond the canal,

My complexion paled in longing for him.

وكم ذا أدور على خصرهِ

وما وقعت ليَ عينٌ عليه

How often I wandered around his waist,

Yet my eyes never fell upon him.