بنَفْسي حبيبٌ هوَّن البُعدَ طَيفُهُ

عليّ ولكنْ نغَّص القُرْبَ صَدُّهُ

My soul be ransom for a beloved whose phantom made distance easy

for me, though his rebuff made nearness bitter.

ومُستهزئٌ في الحُسْنِ بالبدرِ وجهُه

ومُستهزئٌ في الطّيبِ بالورْد خَدُّه

And one whose face, in beauty, mocks the full moon;

whose cheek, in fragrance, mocks the rose;

وبالمِسْك صُدْغاه وبالدُّرِّ ثَغْرُه

وبالظّبْي عَيناه وبالخُوط قَدُّه

whose sidelocks mock musk, whose mouth mocks pearls;

whose eyes mock the gazelle, whose stature mocks the supple bough.