تعرّفْتُ قُرْبَ الدّارِ ممّنْ أحبُّهُ

فكُنْتُ أجِدُّ السّيْرَ لوْلا ضَرورَهْ

I knew the proximity of the house of the one I love

So I hastened my pace were it not for necessity

لأتْلوَ منْ آيِ المَحامِدِ سورَةً

وأبْصِرُ منْ شخْصِ المحاسِنِ صورَهْ

I would recite from the verses of praise a whole chapter

And see in the image of beauty its epitome