أَقولُ لِعَيني اِحبِسي اللَحَظاتِ

وَلا تَنظُري يا عَينُ بِالسَرقاتِ

I say to my eye: Restrain your glances,

And do not look, O eye, with stolen stares.

فَكَم نَظرَةً قادَت إِلِى القَلبِ شَهوَةً

فَأَصبَحَ مِنها القَلبُ في حَسَراتِ

For how many a look has guided passion to the heart,

Leaving the heart, because of it, in deep regrets.