لمّا رأوْا أنّني بهِ كلِفٌ

وأوْشَكوا ينطِقونَ منْ حسَدِ

When they saw that I was enraptured by her

And they were about to speak out of envy

قالوا الفَتى بارِدٌ فقُلْتُ لهمْ

خَلّوهُ يا بَرْدَهُ على كَبِدي

I said to them, "Leave the lad be,

Let her coolness be upon my liver."