أَشدُّ الهَوى العُذْرِيِّ عِنْدِي أَلذُّهُ

وَوَقْدُ الهَوى سَهْلٌ لَدَيَّ وَوَقْذُهُ

The most intense love for me is chaste love

And kindling love is easy for me, as is extinguishing it

وَقفْتُ بَطرْفي والدُّموعُ تُذيبُهُ

أُشاهِدُ قَلْبي والغَرامُ يَجُذُّهُ

I stood frozen, with tears melting me

I look upon my heart, and passion pulls it

وَذِي قامةٍ كالرُّمْحِ ثُقِّفَ قَدُّهُ

لَهُ نَاظِرٌ كالسَّيْفِ أُحْكِم شَحْذُهُ

With a stature like a spear, his neck erect

Eyes like swords, their sharpness perfected

يُنابِذُ في حَرْبِ الهَوَى بِصُدُودِهِ

وَأَسْرَعُ شَيْءٍ في المَواعِيدِ نَبْذُهُ

He wages war in love with his firmness

The swiftest thing for him - to fulfill his promise

تَفَرَّدْتُ حُبّاً مُذْ تَفَرَّد في الهَوَى

جَمالاً كِلَانَا وَاحِدُ الدَّهْرِ فَذُّهُ

I singled out love, since he was singled out in passion

For his beauty - both of us unique in our time

سَقَتْ رَبْعَهُ وَطْفَاءُ رَخْوٌ مِلاطُها

تَجُودُ بِهِ طَوْراً وطَوْراً تَرذُّهُ

Her quarter quenched its thirst, its touch gentle

Bestowing it at times, at others withholding it