1. يا مَنْ تعجَّب في اصْطِبارْ

    عُشَّاقِهِ عَنْهُ وحارْ

    O you who marveled at the endurance

    Of his lovers without him, and were bewildered:

  2. مِنْ بَعْدِ ما كَسَفتْ ذُكا

    ءُ وأزْعَجَ اللَّيْلُ النَّهارْ

    After the sun was eclipsed

    And night drove day away,

  3. لَمّا بَدا في رَوْض خَدْ

    دَيكَ النَّدِيْ صِلُّ العِذار

    When, in the garden of your cheeks—

    Dewy—the serpent of cheek-down appeared,

  4. ارتاعَ طاوُوسُ الجما

    ل فَمَدَّ أجْنِحةً وطارْ

    The peacock of beauty took fright,

    Spread its wings, and flew away;

  5. فَلِذا القُلوبُ الطَّائِرا

    تُ إليْهِ قَرَّ بِها القَرارْ

    And so the hearts that flew

    Toward him found their rest.