مُخْطَفُ الخَصْرِ أَجْوَفٌ

جِيْدُهُ ضِعْفُ سَائِرِهْ

The slender-waisted one is hollow inside

His neck is weaker than the rest of him

لَفْظُهُ لَفْظُ عَاشِقٍ

يَشْتَكِي هَجْرَ هَاجِرِهْ

His words are a lover's words

Complaining of his departed one's estrangement

ذُو لِسَانَيْنَ فَوْقَهُ

عَدَّلاَ مِنْ مَقَادِرِهْ

With two tongues above him

They were made equal to his proportions

أَنْطَقَتْهُ يَدُ امْرِيءٍ

فَاتِرِ اللَّحْظِ سَاحِرِهْ

A skilled man's hand brought him to speech

Of languid gaze and magic

فَحَكَى عَنْ ضَمِيْرِهِ

مَا جَرَى فِي خَوَاطِرِهْ

So he told of what was in his conscience

What transpired in his thoughts