نابَذتُ مَن بِاِصطِباري عَنكِ يَأمُرُني

لِأَنَّ مِثلَكِ روحي عَنهُ قَد ضاقا

I rebuke those who advise me to be patient without you

I rejected the one who commands me to be patient apart from you,

For my soul is weary of anyone like you

For my soul is too narrow to bear patience regarding one like you.

ما يَرجِعُ الطَرفُ عَنها حينَ أُبصِرُها

حَتّى يَعودَ إِلَيها الطَرفُ مُشتاقا

My gaze does not turn away when I see you

My glance does not withdraw from her when I behold her,

Until my longing gaze returns to you

Before it returns to her again, filled with yearning.