1. يا ذا الَّذي عَن جِنانٍ ظَلَّ يُخبِرُني

    بِاللَهِ قُل وَأَعِد يا طَيِّبَ الخَبَرِ

    O you who kept telling me of Jinan,

    By God, tell me again, O bearer of sweet news.

  2. قالَ اِشتَكَتكَ وَقالَت ما بُليتُ بِهِ

    أَراهُ مِن حَيثُما أَقبَلتُ في أَثَري

    He said, “She complained of you, saying, ‘How I am plagued by him!

    Wherever I go, I see him following in my wake.

  3. وَيُعمِلُ الطَرفَ نَحوي إِن مَرَرتُ بِهِ

    حَتّى لَيُخجِلُني مِن حِدَّةِ النَظَرِ

    And he fixes his gaze on me if I pass him,

    Till he makes me blush with the intensity of his stare.

  4. وَإِن وَقَفتُ لَهُ كَيما يُكَلِّمُني

    في المَوضِعِ الخَلوِ لَم يَنطِق مِنَ الحَصَرِ

    And if I stop for him so that he may speak to me

    In a secluded spot, he says nothing, tongue-tied.

  5. ما زالَ يَفعَلُ في هَذا وَيُدمِنُهُ

    حَتّى لَقَد صارَ مِن هَمّي وَمِن وَطَري

    He kept acting this way, and persisted in it,

    Until, indeed, he became my preoccupation and my desire.’”