ظبيٌ بلبنان قد سلت لواحظه

للعاشقين سيوف الغنج والحور

A gazelle in Lebanon has unleashed its glances

Like swords of love and cheek for lovers

مورد الخد ساجي الطرف مبتسم

عن الحباب وعن طلع وعن درر

The watering place of affection, tender-eyed, smiling

About the cheeks and blossoms and pearls

في ذمة اللَه ذاك الريم إن له

بين الجوانح عهداً غير مندثرِ

By God, that beloved, if he has

A covenant in the heart that cannot fade

أفديه من قمرٍ كم بت أرصده

شوقاً له وهو في سمعي وفي بصري

I would ransom him with a moon - how many have I surveyed

Yearning for him, while he's in my hearing and in my sight

لو لم يكن قمراً ضاءت محاسنه

ما أصبحت داره تعزى إلى القمر

If he were not a moon, his attributes would shine so bright

That his abode would not be ascribed to the moon's light