تاهَ بِقَدٍّ يُزْهى بِهِ الهَيَفُ

تاهَ بِقَدٍّ يُزْهى بِهِ الهَيَفُ

كأَنَّهُ في قَوامِهِ أَلِفُ

كأَنَّهُ في قَوامِهِ أَلِفُ

He struts with a figure that makes slenderness itself proud.

As though, in his stature, he were the letter alif.

أَعْطِفُ عَنْهُ إِذا تَجَنَّبَني

أَعْطِفُ عَنْهُ إِذا تَجَنَّبَني

ثُمَّ أَرى وَجْهَهُ فَأَنْعَطِفُ

ثُمَّ أَرى وَجْهَهُ فَأَنْعَطِفُ

I turn away from him when he shuns me,

Then I see his face and turn back toward him.