أفدي الذي عندما أبصرته قدحت

في الحبّ نارٌ ونادى الحبّ واكبدي

I ransom the one who when I saw him, love's fire was kindled

And love called out and my liver was inflamed

ودبذ من سقم عينيه إلى جسدي

سقم أشاع نحولا منه في جسدي

And sickness crept from his eyes to my body

A sickness that spread emaciation in my body

لما اجتمعنا لحين قلت يا سكني

عدني الوصال فقد عرّيت من جلدي

When we gathered for a while, I said: O my tranquility

Unite me with union, for I have been stripped of my skin

فقال أنت ضعيف العقل قلت له

الحبّ والعقل ما انصافا إلى أحد

So he said: You are weak of mind. I said to him:

Love and reason have never been fair to anyone.