سلام على من لم أزل ذاكرا له

بقلبي وإن كلت من المدح ألسن

Peace upon him whom I have never ceased remembering—

within my heart, though tongues grow weary from praising him.

فما كان في ظني تباعد مثله

وأمر الهوى بين المحبين متقن

Never did I imagine one like him would keep so far away,

when love’s compact between lovers is firmly wrought.

فلو كان من أهوى مسيئا عذرته

ولكنه بين الخلايق محسن

Had the one I love done wrong, I would have pardoned him;

but among all creation, he is a doer of good.