لستُ صخراً في حبيَ الخنساءَ

فهْيَ تجني بوجنةٍ حمراءَ

I am not a rock in my love for Khansa

She reaps with a red cheek

عاذلي غيرُ عادلٍ في هواها

وإذا أحسنَ العذولُ أساءَ

My reproacher is unfair in his passion for her

And if the reproacher is kind, he is harmful

وجهُها البدرُ منْ سحائبِ وشيٍ

قدْ تجلَّى على الورى وأضاءَ

Her face is the full moon from clouds of beauty

It has appeared to creation and shone

قصَّرَتْ بالقصورِ كالتركِ ألحا

ظاً وكالعُرْبِ خطرةً وذكاءَ

She falls short of palaces in slenderness and stature

And arabs in liveliness, intelligence and brightness

وكشمسِ الضحى ضياءً وكالظَّبْ

يِ قالتْ وكالغصونِ انثناءَ

And the morning sun in radiance and gazelles in

Saying and branches in bending

فإذا قلتُ هلْ أنالُ وصالاً

منكَ قالتْ ومنْ ينالُ السماءَ

So if I say, will I attain union with you?

She says, and who attains heaven?