نَظَرَتْ فَفاجَأَتِ النُّفوسَ مَنونُ

وَشَكَتْ قُلوبٌ ما جَنَتْهُ عُيونُ

She glanced, surprising yearning souls,

And hearts complained of what eyes had reaped.

وَبَكَيْتُ إِذْ ضَحِكَتْ فَأَشْبهَ ثَغْرَهَا

دَمْعِي وَكُلٌّ لُؤْلؤٌ مَكْنونُ

I wept when she laughed, and her mouth resembled

My teardrops, each a hidden pearl.

أَأُمَيْمَ إِنْ خَفِيَتْ عَلَيْكِ صَبابَتِي

فَسَلِي ظَلامَ اللَّيلِ كيفَ أَكُونُ

My love, if my passion is hidden from you,

Ask the dark night how I fare.

وَاسْتَخْبِرِي عَنِّي النُّجومَ فَقدْ رَأَتْ

سَهَري وَأَرْوِقَةُ الغَياهِبِ جُونُ

And inquire of the stars, for they have seen

My vigil and the shedding of my copious tears.

وَلَئِنْ أَذَلْتُ مَصونَ دَمْعِي في الهَوى

فَعلى البُكاءِ يُعَوِّلُ المَحْزونُ

And if, in love, I have abased my guarded tears,

The anguished depends on weeping.