رأيتُ مُحبّاً يداوي حبيباً

فكاد فؤادي له أن يذوبا

I saw a lover tending to his beloved

My heart almost melted for him

وشبَّهتُ شكواه في رفعه

بشكوى عليلٍ يُداوي طبيبا

And I compared his complaints in praising him

To the complaints of a sick man tended by a doctor