أحبُّ مَنْ كلَّما رأتني
في وجهها للرضى دليلُ
I love she who whenever she sees me
Her face shows a sign of pleasure
ما بخلتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ
لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ
She never stints a day of union with me
Yet my fate with her is miserly
أحبُّ مَنْ كلَّما رأتني
في وجهها للرضى دليلُ
I love she who whenever she sees me
Her face shows a sign of pleasure
ما بخلتْ لي بيومِ وصلٍ
لكنَّ دهري بها بخيلُ
She never stints a day of union with me
Yet my fate with her is miserly