لَعَمري لَقَد قَرَّت عُيونٌ رَأَيتُها

وَلكِنَّ عَيني لَم تُمَتَّع مِنَ النَّظَر

By my life! Eyes I have seen

But mine were not sated by the sight

إِذا سَخِطَت أَومَت إِلى الدَّهرِ بِالَّذي

تُحاوِلُهُ فِيَّ فَلم يَعصِها القَدَر

When she is wrathful she inclines fate itself

To do her bidding against me, which it never disobeyed

وَلا عَيبَ إِلَّا أَنَّها بَشَرِيَّةٌ

فَلَولاهُ كانَت ثالِث الشَّمسِ وَالقَمَر

No fault in her but she's only human

Else she'd be third to sun and moon in rank

لَئِن كانَ أَشقى اللَّهُ قَوماً بِحُبِّهِم

فَقَد أَسعَدَ اللَّهُ المُحِبَّ إِذا قَدَر

If God afflicted a people with love for her

Then God has blessed the lover when He ordained