1. أَمْسَى الفُؤَادُ عَلَى تَلهُّبِ جَمْرِهِ

    كَلِفاً بِمَنْ فَتَنَ الأَنَامَ بِسِحْرِهِ

    The heart spent the evening amid its blazing embers,

    Enamored of him who bewitched humankind with his magic.

  2. قَمَرٌ غَنِيتُ بِرِيقِهِ عَنْ قَرْقَفٍ

    وَكَذَا غَنِيتُ بِنُورِهِ عَنْ بَدْرِهِ

    A moon—his saliva has left me no need of wine;

    And likewise his light has left me no need of his full moon.

  3. أَفْنَى الفُؤَادَ بِحُسْنِهِ وَجَمالِهِ

    فَالعَاشِقُونَ بِأَسْرِهِمْ فِي أَسْرِهِ

    He consumed the heart with his beauty and loveliness;

    So lovers, all of them, are in his captivity.

  4. فَكَأَنَّ ضَوْءَ الصُّبْحِ نُورُ جَبِينِهِ

    وَكَأَنَّ ظُلْمَةَ لَيْلِهِ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ

    So it is as though dawn's light were the radiance of his brow,

    And as though the darkness of his night came from his hair.