يا قومُ عِشْقِي ابن فلانٍ غدا

أَحسن من عِشْقِ ابنةِ القوْم

My people, my love for so-and-so's son has now

Become better than love for the daughter of the tribe

كم لائمٍ فيه فلمَّا بدَا

تابَ إِلى الله من اللَّوْم

How many blamers criticized it, but when it appeared

He repented to God for blaming

وكان قبْل اليوم مات الهوى

وفيه قد عاش مِن اليَوْم

And he was dead to love before this day

But on it he came alive from this day

يَحُومُ تقبِيلي على ثغْرِه

ولم يَنلْ شيئاً سِوَى الحَوْم

My kisses hover on his lips

But he got nothing except loss

والله ما المسكُ بأَذكى شذاً

مِنْ فيه بَعْدَ العَصْرِ في الصوم

By God, musk is not more fragrant

Than his mouth after afternoon during fasting

غَلِطْتُ فالمسكُ إِذا قسته

إِليه مثلُ الزَّبُلِ في الكوْم

I was wrong, for musk when compared

To it is like rubbish in a dunghill