لَها وَأَعارَني وَلَها

وَأَبصَرَ ذِلَّتي فَزَها

He dallied, and lent me infatuation;

he saw my abasement and grew proud.

لَهُ وَجهٌ يَعَزُّ بِهِ

وَلي حُرَقٌ أَذَلُّ بِها

He has a face by which he is exalted;

I have burning pangs by which I am brought low.

دَقيقُ مَحاسِنٍ وُصِلَت

مَحاسِنُ وَجنَتَيهِ بِها

A subtle grace, through which were joined

the beauties of his two cheeks.

أُلاحِظُ حُسنَ وَجنَتِهِ

فَتَجرَحُني وَأَجرَحُها

I gaze upon the beauty of his cheek,

and it wounds me, while I wound it.