لَوْ رَقَّ فُؤادهُ على مُغْرَمِهْ

ما ضَنَّ بِنَظْمِ الدُّرِّ مِنْ مَبْسَمِه

If his heart was touched by love

He would not spare the pearls of his verse,

ما قَصْدِيَ لَثْمَهُ وَلكِنْ غَرضِي

إبلاغُ حُوَيْجَةٍ لَهُ في فَمِهْ

I do not seek to kiss his lips,

But to convey my message through his mouth