وظَبْيٍ أُفكِّر في تِيهِهِ

فلا يحْظُر الوصلُ في خاطِرِي

And a gazelle—I contemplate his haughtiness;

so union does not enter my thoughts.

حَبانِي مُجَرَّدَ وَعْدٍ له

كَلَيْلِي عليه بلا آخِرِ

He bestowed upon me a mere promise of his,

like my night because of him—without end.