1. بَينَ القَصرَينِ بَدا قَمَرُ

    بِمَحاسِنِهِ فُتنَ البَشَرُ

    Between the two palaces a moon appeared;

    His charms bewitched humankind.

  2. يُعزى للتُركِ وَقَد تَرَكَت

    عَيناهُ فُؤاديَ يَستَعِرُ

    He is said to be of the Turks, and

    His eyes have left my heart ablaze.

  3. عَينا رَشأٍ قَد زانَهُما

    غَنَجٌ يَسبيكَ أَو الحَوَرُ

    A fawn's eyes, graced

    By coyness that captivates you, or their vivid black-and-white contrast.

  4. يَمشِي فَتَلِينُ مَعاطِفُهُ

    وَلَه قَلب قاسٍحَجَرُ

    He walks, and his flanks grow supple,

    Yet his heart is hard as stone.

  5. نَظَرَت عَينايَ مَحاسِنَهُ

    وَالحُبُّ يُهَيِّجُهُ النَظَرُ

    My eyes beheld his charms,

    And gazing stirs love.

  6. فَسرَت لِلقَلبِ مَحَبَّتُهُ

    وَالقَلبُ وَساطَتُهُ البَصَرُ

    So love for him flowed into my heart,

    And sight is the heart's intermediary.

  7. قَلبي وَالطَرفُ قَد اِشتَرَكا

    فَلِذا فِكرٌ وَلِذا سَهَرُ

    My heart and eye have become partners:

    So thought falls to one, and sleeplessness to the other.

  8. أَأَميرَ الحُسنِ وَهَل أَحدٌ

    إِلّا لِجمالِكَ يَأَتَمِرُ

    O prince of beauty, is there anyone

    Who does not obey your beauty's command?

  9. أَتُرى تَدرِي أَنّي كَلَفٌ

    مِن حُبِّكَ ما لي مُصطَبَرُ

    Do you know, I wonder, that I am lovesick,

    From loving you, with no patience left?

  10. وَعَن السُلوانِ سَلَوتُ فَهَل

    تَرثي لِمُحِبِّكَ يا قَمَرُ

    And I have forgotten how to forget; so will

    You pity your lover, O moon?