وَافَى بِوَجْهٍ كَالهِلَالِ مُرَكَّبٍ

فِي قَامَةٍ غَضِّيَّةٍ هَيْفَاءِ

He came, his crescent-like face set

upon a tender, slender-waisted form;

وَبِمُقْلَةٍ خَفَقَ الفُؤَادُ وَقَدْ رَنَتْ

إنَّ الخفوقَ يَكُونُ عَنْ سَوْدَاءِ

and with an eye—when it gazed intently—the heart fluttered,

for fluttering comes from a little black spot.

وافى بِوجهٍ كَالهِلالِ مُركَّبِ

في قامةٍ غَضِّيَّةٍ هَيفاءِ

He came, his crescent-like face set

upon a tender, slender-waisted form;

وَبِمُقلةٍ خفَقَ الفَؤادُ وقَد رَنَت

وَكذا الجُنونُ يَكونُ عَن سَوداءِ

and with an eye—when it gazed intently—the heart fluttered,

and madness likewise comes from black bile.