وَمَا زَالَ يَبْرِي أَعْظُمَ الجِسْمِ حُبَّهَا

وَيَنْقُصُهَا حَتَّى لَطُفْنَ عَنِ النَّقْصِ

Still that huge body of his swells with love for her,

Yet he diminishes her so she shrinks away from loss.

فَقَدْ ذُبْتُ حَتَّى صِرْتُ إِنْ أَنَا زُرْتُهَا

أَمِنْتُ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ يَرَى أَهْلَهَا شَخْصِي

So I have melted till when I visit her I fear

Lest her family see even a glimpse of my person.