أضاعني الظبي على حفظهِ

إذا توارى أو أمام الورى

The doe distracted me with her keeping

Whether she hid or before all to see

وراغ منى رائماً روعتي

وكم غدا في نبذ وصلى ورا

And escaped me, provoking my fright

Oh how often she's turned her back and left me