له إذا غازلتْك عيناه

سهامُ لحظٍ أجاركَ الله

When his eyes court you

Arrows of a charming glance, may God protect you

وفي صفى خدِّه وسالفه

للحسنِ ماء الهوى ومرعاه

In the clarity of his cheek and his conversation

Is the water of love and its pasture, for beauty

غزالُ رملٍ تحلو جنايته

وغصن بانٍ يعزّ مجناه

A gazelle of the sand, sweet is his crime

And a bough of An, mighty is its refuge

من حور رضوان في محاسنِه

لكنَّ نار الفؤاد مأواه

Of the maidens of Heaven in his charms

But the fire of passion is its abode

أسْكنته مهجتي ويا خجلي

فما أراني أكرمتُ مثواه

I made it reside in my love, and oh my shame

I did not honor its dwelling

لو لقته العذَّال ما عذلت

دعها ولا في المنامِ تلقاه

If the tormentors found him, they would not torment

Leave it be, do not even meet him in a dream

أورى برغمي نار الجفا عوضاً

عن بردٍ كنتُ لاثماً فاه

I prefer the fire of estrangement in spite

Of a coldness which I used to kiss and delight in

لا أبعد الله الطيف منه ولا

أصغر فوق العيون ممشاه

May God not remove his apparition from me, nor

Lessen above my eyes his course