1. عزَّ المنامُ فجفني جائلُ الرَّمَقِ

    وبات قلبيَ لا يشكُو سِوَى الْحدَقِ

    Sleep eludes me, and my eye casts restless glances.

    And my heart spent the night complaining only of eyes.

  2. كالخيزرانةِ ما لاحتْ لها وَرَقٌ

    إلا من الوَشْي بين التِّبْر والوَرِقِ

    Like a bamboo cane, no leaves have appeared on it

    Except those of embroidery, amid gold and silver.

  3. فالغصنُ ما ماسَ ريعانُ الشباب بهِ

    سُكْراً وغيرُ مدام الحسن لم يَذُقِ

    So youth's bloom has not made the bough sway

    In drunkenness; it has tasted no wine but beauty's.