وَمُهفهفٍ سلبَ العُقول بِحُسنه

وَبِنور صُبح جَبينه إِذ أَسفَرا

With a tender smile he stole away reason,

His luminous brow at dawn when day did break.

فَغَدا يُبارزني بِأَسمر قَدّه

وَاِزداد تيهاً فَاِعتَلى وَتَكَبّرا

He came to rival me with his dark lashes,

And so increased my bewilderment and pride.

يا هاجِري لَمّا رَأى شَغفي بِهِ

لِمَ لي بَعَثت الطَيف في طَلب الكَرى

O you who fled, why when he saw my passion,

Did you send this phantom in quest of ruin?

حَسبي ضنىً جِسمي بِهَجرك وَالقلى

ما كانَ شَأن محبّكم أَن يُهجَرا

Your disdain suffices my body in your absence,

It is not the way of lovers to abandon.

إِنّ الَّذي خَلق الغَرام هُوَ الَّذي

ذلّي لِعزّك قَد دَرى إِذ قَدَّرا

He who created passion, He is the one

Who humbled me to your glory as was fated.

أَقصر جَفاك فَإِنّ مِن خلق الهَوى

خلق السلوّ فَلا يَغرّك ما جَرى

Forgive his short unkindness, for in love's nature

Lies harm, so do not let what's past dismay you.