أَميلُ إِليه ولا أَنكُصُ

ويغْلُو عليَّ ولا يَرْخُصُ

I yearn for him though I do not recoil

He is harsh with me yet grants no respite

يزيدُ ويَنْقُصُ بدرُ التَّمامِ

وهذا يَزيدُ ولا ينْقُصُ

The full moon waxes and wanes

While he only waxes, he does not wane