شُغِلتُ به وأشغلَ كلّ بالٍ

يمرّ على رقيقاتِ المعاني

I was busy with him, and preoccupied every anxious mind

It flows through the subtleties of meanings

تذوبُ لشعري الزاكي جموعٌ

ويبهرها البلاغةُ في بياني

Melting for my eloquent poetry are crowds

And my rhetoric dazzles them in my expression

وقلبُ من اصطفيت أخو سلوٍّ

وأجهلُ من يرى .. عمّا أعاني

And the heart of whom I chose is a consoling brother

And I ignore whoever sees .. what I suffer

ولو كانتْ بهِ من بَعض مابِي

من الأشواقِ للّقيا .. كفَانِي

And if he had even some of my

Yearning to meet.. it would suffice me

ولكنّي بُليت بحبّ صلفٍ

بلاهُ الله .. ممّا قد بلاني !

But I have suffered from the love of an unfeeling one

May God afflict him.. for what he has afflicted me!