رَأَيتُها أَلف مَرة

فَلَم تَجد لي بِنَظره

I saw her a thousand times

Yet my gaze did not find for me in her

حَتّى غَدَوتُ وَما لي

عَلى التَجلُّد قدره

Until I persevered though I had no aptitude for such perseverance

So my tears betrayed my love

فَباحَ بِالحُب دَمعي

وَنلت بِالحُب شهره

And through love I attained its pinnacle

Did my narrative reach you?

فَهَل أَتاكَ حَديثي

فَفيهِ للغيد عبره

In it is a moral for the heartsick

O Ghadah, epitome of

يا غادة في جَبين

الجَمال وَاللطف غُره

Beauty and grace

When will you be generous to a

مَتى تَجودين للن

نفس بِالهَنا وَالمَسَرّه

Soul with bliss and joy?

I marvel at love, for I

عجبت للحب إِني

أَرى الحسان بِكَثره

See beauty abundantly

Created from the bud of dawn as it opens its chest

خَلَقنَ مِن طَلعة الفج

ر وَهُوَ يَفتَح صَدره

My eyes did not seek from them a speck

But your beauty, by Allah, opened the flower of love

فَما اِبتَغيتُ وَعَيني

ك مِن هَواهنَّ ذره

You are my occupation morning and evening

You did not disappear for a moment, O acme of beauty

لَكن لحسنك وَالل

ه فَتّح الحُب زَهره

Is there any solace for a grieving heart,

O my wish, from affliction?

أَنتَ الحَديث وَشُغلي

لَدى العَشي وَبُكره

لَم تَغربي يا ذَكاء ال

جَمال عنّيَ فتره

فَهَل لقلب كَئيب

يا منيتي مِن مَبَرَّه