قَد تَجَنى عَلى المُحب المَعنى

مُذ رَآهُ بِحُبِهِ قَد جَنّا

The lover may transgress against meaning

Since he saw with his love that he was possessed

سَكَنٌ كَالظِبا نفاراً وَلَكن

تَخذ القَلب وَالجَوارح سَكنى

He became calm like a startled deer, but

His heart and limbs became calm

يا بَديع الجَمال ما كانَ بَدعاً

لَو وَصلت المُحب يَوماً وَأَنى

O fairest of beauty, it would not be strange

If you reached your lover one day, when