قالوا جفتك ولا تنفكُّ تذكرها

إن النصيحةَ سلوانٌ بسلوانِ

They said, "Forget her though you can't help but remember her,

For advice is soothing to one in torment."

فقلتُ عينيَ مني وهْيَ إنْ رمدتْ

فلا يكونُ دواها كحلُ عميانِ

But I said, "My eyes belong to me yet if they grow bleary,

The cure won't be an ointment for the blind."

نأَتْ دنَتْ وصلَتْ ضمتْ نفتْ هجرتْ

في كلِّ ذلك أهواها وتهواني

She drew near, united, embraced, turned away, abandoned,

Through all that I adored her and she possessed me.