لعينَيْ من رهنتُ له فؤادي

وعاندنِي وصَدّي .. بالتّمادي

For the eyes that I have pledged my heart to

And they opposed me and turned me away persistently

أراودُ كلّ أبكارِ المعاني

وأرجوها الخلاصَ إلى مُرادِي

I solicit all the chaste meanings

And implore them for deliverance to my will

وأَنْكُزُ غيمةَ الشعرِ المُقَفّى

وأسألُ أن تَهِيمَ بكلّ وادِي

And I scatter the cloud of structured poetry

And ask that it roams in every valley

وأُلبِسُ عُريَ أفكاري بديعًا

دمقسيَّ التشوّقِ والودادِ

And I clothe my bare ideas beautifully

With the garment of yearning and affection

وأُقرئهُ السلامَ بلا سلامٍ

وأُقريهِ العناقَ بلا وِفادِ

And I send him greetings without greeting

And offer him an embrace without union

أَمَا وهواهُ قد أضحى غُلوًّا

يُؤجَّجُ في الدُنُوّ وفي البِعادِ

But his love has truly become excessive

Blazing both nearby and from afar

فإني قد نذرتُ له بيانًا

عَليًّا .. في الغَوَايةِ والرّشادِ

So I have devoted to him an elegy

Sublime, in misguidance and righteousness

وإني كلّما قالوا تمادتْ

قَدَحتُ لقدرهِ العالي زِنادي

And whenever they say I have persisted

I light for his lofty fate my flint