1. وهبَتْ له عَيْنِي الهُجوعا

    فأثابها منه الدُموعا

    My eye bestowed its slumber on him,

    and in return he gave it tears.

  2. ظبيٌ كأن بخصره

    من ضُمره ظمأً وجوعا

    A gazelle, as though within his waist,

    from its slenderness, lay thirst and hunger.

  3. ومن البليّةِ أنني

    عُلِّقتُ ممنُوعاً مَنُوعا

    And one of my afflictions is that I

    have fallen for one unattainable and withholding.

  4. مَنْ سائلٌ قمر الدُجى

    ما بالُهُ تركَ الطلوعا

    Who will ask the moon of the dark night

    why he has forsaken rising?

  5. ويْلي عليه بل على

    نفسٍ أبت إلا خضوعا

    Woe to me for him—rather, for

    a soul that refused all but submission.

  6. ما كنتُ قبل تَعَرُّضي

    لهواه أحْسبُني جَزوعا

    I had not, before exposing myself

    to love for him, thought myself so easily distressed.