1. عَشِقتُهُ أَهيَفَ قَد

    تَيَّمَ قَلبي هَيَفُه

    I loved him, slender-waisted; indeed,

    his slenderness enthralled my heart.

  2. أَحسَنُ خَلقِ اللَهِ ما

    يُنصِفُهُ مَن يَصِفُه

    The fairest of God's creatures—no

    one who describes him does him justice.

  3. بِوَجهِهِ حُسنٌ يَزي

    دُ كُلَّ يَومٍ زُخرُفُه

    There is beauty in his face;

    its splendor increases every day.

  4. تُنكِرُ مِنهُ اليَومَ حُس

    ناً كُنتَ أَمسِ تَعرِفُه

    Today you do not recognize in him

    a beauty you knew yesterday.

  5. ياحَبَّذا مَرشَفُهُ

    وَأَينَ مِنّي مَرشَفُه

    How delightful his lips are!

    Yet how far his lips are from me!

  6. فَمٌ كَأَنَّ الشَهدَ قَد

    خالَطَ مِنهُ قَرقَفُه

    A mouth, as though honey had

    mingled with the wine within it.

  7. قَد ضاقَ حَتّى إِنَّهُ

    تَخرُجُ واواً أَلِفُه

    It has grown so narrow that

    its alif comes out as a waw.