عَلِقَ الفُؤادُ بِحُبِّ ظَبيِ لاعِبٍ

عَلِقَت بِقَلبي مِنهُ نارُ غارامِهِ

My heart is captivated by the love of a frolicking gazelle

The fire of his passion has caught hold of my heart

فَتّانَ يُؤيسُني بِقَسوَةِ قَلبِهِ

مِنهُ وَيُطمِعُني بِلينِ قَوامِهِ

That charmer disappoints me with the harshness of his heart

And gives me hope with the softness of his figure

أَدنو فَيُبعِدُني بِغَيرِ جِنايَةٍ

مِنّي وَيُكَلِّمُني بِسوءِ كَلامِهِ

I draw near and he distances me without any offense from me

And he addresses me with his unkind words

وَأُعَقِّدُ الأَيمانَ في صَبري عَلى

سَلوانِهِ فَيَحِلُّها بِسَلامِهِ

And I swear oaths to be patient with his roughness

Yet he undoes them with his greeting