أَقولُ وَقَد أَرسَلتُ أَوَّلَ نَظرَةٍ

وَلَم أَرَ مَن أَهوى قَريباً إِلى جَنبي

I say, though I sent my first glance

And did not see whom I love near my side

لَئِن كُنتُ أَخليتُ المَكانَ الَّذي أَرى

فَهَيهاتَ أَن يَخلو مَكانُكَ مِن قَلبي

If I left the place where I see you

Alas! Your place will not leave my heart

وَكُنتُ أَظَنَّ الشَوقَ لِلبُعدِ وَحدَهُ

وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّ الشَوقَ لِلبُعدِ وَالقُربِ

I thought yearning was for distance alone

Yet I knew not that yearning is for distance and nearness

خَلا مِنكَ قَلبي وَاِمتَلا مِنكَ خاطِري

كَأَنَّكَ مِن عَيني نَقَلتَ إِلى قَلبي

My heart emptied of you, my thoughts filled with you

As though from my eye you moved into my heart