رَمَتِ الفُؤَادَ مَليحَةٌ عَذراءُ

بِسِهامِ لَحظٍ ما لَهُنَّ دَواءُ

A graceful maiden has wounded my heart

With the arrows of a glance that has no remedy

مَرَّت أَوانَ العيدِ بَينَ نَواهِدٍ

مِثلِ الشُموسِ لِحاظُهُنَّ ظُباءُ

The days of Eid passed among slender ones

Their glances like rising suns, their skin like antelope's

فَاِغتالَني سَقَمي الَّذي في باطِني

أَخفَيتُهُ فَأَذاعَهُ الإِخفاءُ

So my sickness that was within assailed me

I hid it but exposure made it public

خَطَرَت فَقُلتُ قَضيبُ بانٍ حَرَّكَت

أَعطافَهُ بَعدَ الجَنوبِ صَباءُ

A thought occurred and I said: a delineation of eyes

Whose lashes the gentle breeze had stirred

وَرَنَت فَقُلتُ غَزالَةٌ مَذعورَةٌ

قَد راعَها وَسطَ الفَلاةِ بَلاءُ

A sound, and I said: a frightened gazelle

Lost amid the empty quarter in turmoil

وَبَدَت فَقُلتُ البَدرُ لَيلَةَ تِمِّهِ

قَد قَلَّدَتهُ نُجومَها الجَوزاءُ

An appearance, and I said: the full moon on its perfection night

Adorned with its planets like chrysolite beads

بَسَمَت فَلاحَ ضِياءُ لُؤلُؤِ ثَغرِها

فيهِ لِداءِ العاشِقينَ شِفاءُ

She smiled and the brilliance of her lips' pearls shone

In it lies the cure for lovers' pains

سَجَدَت تُعَظِّمُ رَبَّها فَتَمايَلَت

لِجَلالِها أَربابُنا العُظَماءُ

She bowed down exalting her Lord and swayed

And for her glory our great lords bowed down

يا عَبلَ مِثلُ هَواكِ أَو أَضعافُهُ

عِندي إِذا وَقَعَ الإِياسُ رَجاءُ

O Ubula the like of your love or more

I hope for when despair befalls

إِن كانَ يُسعِدُني الزَمانُ فَإِنَّني

في هِمَّتي بِصُروفِهِ إِزراءُ

If time makes me happy I disdain

Its caprices with my resolve