بادَرتُ مِنهُ مَوعِداً حاضِراً

وَكانَ ذا عِندي مِنَ الداءِ

I hastened to him for a present meeting

And he was to me a sickness

فَلَم أَنَل مِنهُ سِوى قُبلَةٍ

وَأَرجَفَ الناسُ بِأَشياءِ

So I obtained naught from him save a kiss

Yet people tattled of things