أراكُمْ بِعَيني أينَ كانتْ شُخوصُكُمْ

وقلبي خَفوقٌ كُلَّما خَفَقَ القُرْطُ

I see you all wherever your forms were

And my heart flutters whenever the anklet jingles

نَظَمْتُ لكم قلبي بِسمطِ غَرامِكُمْ

فقلبي لكم عِقْدٌ يُزانُ به السِّمْطُ

I threaded my heart for you with the cord of passion

So my heart is for you a necklace balanced by its cord

ألا فارْحَموا حَرْفاً طَموساً مُطَلْمَساً

ولا شَكْلُهُ يُدْرى ولا الرَّسْمُ والنَّقْطُ

Oh, have mercy on a blurred, erased letter

Whose shape is not known, nor the drawing, nor the dot

ومن عَجَبٍ قد ذابَ فيكمْ تَوَلُّهاً

وأثْبَتَهُ صَبْرٌ له ضِمْنَهُ نمْطُ

And from wonder it melted for you inclining

And steadfastness fixed it, including in it a pattern

يُعارِضُهُ من ليسَ يَعْرِفُ ما الهَوى

وقد مَسَّهُ من نَزْعِ حالِ السِّوى خبْطُ

It is opposed by one who does not know what love is

And one touched by the convulsion of losing composure has been struck

هُمُ القومُ حَسَّادٌ لَعَمْري وعُصْبَةٌ

دَعاهُمْ لِتَقْريعي على حالتي الغَبْطُ

They are envious people, by my life, and a group

Whose reproach of me is prompted by my state of bliss

شَرَطْتُ لهم لَوْمي إذا كُنتُ باقياً

وإن فُقِدَ المَشروطُ قد يُفْقَدُ الشَّرْطُ

I stipulated for them to blame me if I remain

And if the stipulation is lost, the condition may be lost

كأنِّي خَيالٌ راحَ يَسْتُرهُ الغِطا

وفيه لَعَمري من حِرابِ الهَوى غَطُّ

It is as if I am an apparition who went to hide in a cover

Yet in it, by my life, are the ruins of passion

وها هو قلبي في الغَرامِ مُعلَّقٌ

على الهَوى مِنِّي لا يُقيمُ ولا يَخْطو

And here is my heart suspended in passion

On love from me, neither staying nor moving