طيَّر النومَ عن جُفوني خيالٌ

من حبيب فبتُّ أرعى الثُّريّا

Sleep was chased from my eyes by a vision

Of my beloved, so I stayed up herding the flocks

مُوجباً رَعْيها لكثرةِ تشبي

هِي لها بالذي أحبّ عَليّا

Urging them on though they were many

For she was distracted by the one I love

حَجَبوهُ لكي أُرى سالياً عن

ه على نأيهِ فأُعقبتُ غَيَّا

They hid him from me so I would stop

Pining for him from afar, but I only grew more lost

لم يَروا أن كلَّما شطَّ عني

زادَهُ بعدُه اقتراباً إليَّا

They did not see that every time they pulled him

Further away, he only drew nearer to me after