وَحَسِبتُهُ وَالطَرفُ مَعقودٌ بِهِ

وَحَسِبتُهُ وَالطَرفُ مَعقودٌ بِهِ

شَخصَ الحَبيبِ بَدا لِعَينِ مُحِبِّهِ

شَخصَ الحَبيبِ بَدا لِعَينِ مُحِبِّهِ

And I took it—with my gaze fixed upon it—to be

I thought it was him, as my eyelids were lowered,

the beloved's form, appearing to his lover's eye.

The figure of my beloved appeared to the eyes of his lover.