أَبى الصَبرَ أَنّي لا أَرى البَدرَ طالِعاً

وَلا الشَمسَ إِلّا ذَكَّراني بِغالِبِ

Patience refused that I don't see the full moon rising

Nor the sun except reminding me of Ghalib

شَبيهَينِ كانا بِاِبنِ لَيلى وَمَن يَكُن

شَبيهَ اِبنِ لَيلى يَمحُ ضَوءَ الكَواكِبِ

They were similar to Layla's son, and whoever is

Similar to Layla's son outshines the stars

فَتىً كانَ أَهلُ المُلكِ لا يَحجِبونَهُ

إِذا فادَ يَوماً بَينَ بابٍ وَحاجِبِ

He was a young man whom the kings didn't veil

When he passed one day between a door and an eyebrow

كَأَنَّ تَميماً لَم تُصِبها مُصيبَةٌ

وَلا حَدَثانٌ قَبلَ يَومِ اِبنِ غالِبِ

As if Tameem was not afflicted by any calamity

Nor any misfortune before the day of Ibn Ghalib

وَلَو شَعَرَ الأَجبالُ دَمخٌ وَيَذبُلٌ

لَمالا بِأَعرافِ الذُرى وَالمَناكِبِ

And if the mountains felt crushed and withered

They would incline towards the hillsides and shoulders