قسما وعيش هواك من عهد الصبا

لسواك قلبي في المحبة ما صبا

I swore and lived for your love since the days of youth,

None but you my heart inclined to love and it poured,

يا غصن بان أطلعت من وجهها

قمرا ومن تلك الذوائب غيهبا

O branch that rose from her face as a moon,

And from those curls a hidden planet,

في ليل شعرك ضلت الشعرا وكم

زمر ضحى ذاك الجبين لهم سبا

In the night of your hair I lost track of the Pleiades, and how many

A morning star dawned on that forehead to which they bowed,

لام العذول على هواك جهالة

حسدا وحرف في المقال واطنبا

The censurers blamed your love out of ignorance,

Envy and verbosity in speech and prattle,

أيروم تقييدي بمطلق عذله

اني أرى جهل العذول مركبا

Do they hope to shackle me with the unfettered blame,

When I see the ignorance of censurers is a ship sailed away.