أَسَرَ القَلبَ فَأَمسى لَدَيهِ

فَهوَ يَشكوهُ وَيَشكو إِلَيهِ

He captured my heart, so it complains of him,

And complains to him.

خُلِعَ الحُسنُ عَلى وَجنَتَيهِ

وَرُقى هاروتَ في مُقلَتَيهِ

Beauty is unveiled on his cheeks,

And Venus ascended in his glances.

لَيسَ لي صَبرٌ وَلا أَدَّعيهِ

يُشهِدُ الدَمعُ دَماً سائِليهِ

I have no patience nor do I pretend to.

My tears bear witness to their flowing blood.

لَو رَأى العُذّالُ ما بِقَلبِيَ لَم

يَجِدوا وَاللَهِ غَيرَكَ فيهِ

If the reproachers saw what was in my heart,

By God, they would find none but you in it.

لا أَقولُ البَدرُ أَنتَ وَلا

غُصنُ بانٍ أَنتَ لا أَشتَهيهِ

I say not, "You are the full moon,"

Nor "You are a flexile bough," I do not desire that.