يُجرِّح القلبَ بألحاظه

ويقتل الصبّ بطرف سقيمْ

His glances wound the heart

And slay the lovesick with a sickly glance

ويُسكر السمع بألفاظه

ويسحر اللبّ بصوتٍ رخيم

His words intoxicate the hearing

And his soft voice enchants the mind

أحوى رشيقُ القدِ حلوُ اللمى

قلبي بهِ في كلِ وادٍ يهيمْ

Slender of form and sweet of features

My heart for him roams every valley

مجتهد قلبيَ في حبهِ

وما لهُ في وصلهِ من نصيبْ

My heart strives in its love for him

Yet attains no share in union with him