يا جامعَ الحسْنِ أما

لصدِّكَ الدهرَ أمدُ

O you who brought beauty together, for how long

Will you be indifferent to my longing throughout time?

لي فيكَ دمعٌ ما رقا

يوماً وطرفٌ ما رقدْ

For you, I have tears that never ceased,

And eyes that never slept a day.

جمالُكَ الزاهي السنا

حديثُهُ العالي السند

Your radiant beauty, its noble tradition,

Shot an arrow into my heart, from your glance that never knew sleep.

سهماً إلى قلبي رمى

طرفُكَ لا ذاقَ رمَدْ

He who saw the flowing hair coming from you

Should prostrate himself before God.

ومَنْ رأى شعراً سجا

منكَ فللهِ سجدْ

Your cheek was protected by water,

Else it would have ignited by fire.

خدُّكَ بالماءِ اتقى

لولاهُ بالنارِ اتقدْ

Glory to the Lord who created

Your lips, purer than ice.

سبحانَ ربٍّ قدْ برى

ثغرَكَ أصفى مِن بَرَدْ

Your frown, how much agony did faces

Feel because of it, and how much passion and fervor!

مُضْناكَ كم قاسى وجى

فيكَ وكمْ وجدٍ وجدْ

My love is old, and over it

My sleep has never gained victory.

عشقي قديمٌ قدْ طرا

عليهِ ما نومي طرَدْ

My passions have no end,

Nor does my devotion have limits.

ليسَ لأشواقي مدى

ولا لسلواني مدَدْ

From his glance, a sword unsheathed,

And from his mouth, a home furnished.

مِنْ طرفه سيفاً نضا

مِنْ ثغرِهِ داراً نضَدْ

None who fell in love tasted

What I tasted of yearning from him.

ما ذاقَ ذو وجدٍ كما

قدْ ذقتُ فيهِ مِنْ كمدْ

O my tormentor! You are most unfair,

And for the blamers, a lesson to be learned!

يا عذَّلي أنتمْ عدى

وللملمّاتِ عددْ

For I met all vanishing

In some of his dignity.

لأنني كلُّ الفنا

ألقاهُ منْ بعضِ الفندْ