وَعَليلَةِ اللَّحَظاتِ يَشْكو قُرْطها

بُعْدَ المَسافَةِ مِنْ مَناطِ عُقُودِها

The moments of weakness complain of their remoteness

From the place of their contracts after the distance

حَكَتِ الغَزالَةَ وَالغَزالَ بِبُعْدِها

وَبِصَدِّها وَبِوَجْهها وَبِجيدِها

She told of the gazelle and the deer in their absence

And their hostility, face, and neck

فَمنالُ تِلكَ إِذا نَأَتْ كَوِصالِها

وَنِفارُ ذاكَ وَإِنْ دَنَتْ كَصُدودِها

So who can attain them when they are united

And their estrangement even when they are close

هِي في الفُؤادِ وَفيهِ نيرانُ الهَوى

فَبِمَدْمَعَيَّ تَلوذُ عِنْدَ وَقُودِها

She is in my heart and in it the fires of passion

So my tears take refuge there when they are kindled

وَإِذا شَكَوْتُ نَسَبْتُ في شِعْري بِها

شَكْوى الحَمامِ تَنوحُ في تَغْريدِها

And when I complain, I attribute her in my poetry

The lament of the dove that moans in its singing

عَرَضَتْ لَنا تَخْتالُ بَيْنَ كَواعِبٍ

وَالرَّوْضُ يُذْهِلُ حُورَها عن غِيْدِها

She appeared before us, strutting among maidens

While the garden enchants its nymphs away from their singing

إِذْ شَقَّ أَرْدِيَةَ الشَّقيقِ بِهِ الحيا

فَحَكيْنَهُ بِقلوبِها وَخُدُودِها

When the thorns of longing pierced him through her beauty

Their hearts and cheeks told of him in their flush