أشكو اليك عسى ترق لمهجة

دبت بها الأشواق أي دبيب

I complain to you, may you be moved by the ardour

That crept into me, what a creeping!

أوهت قواها يوم منعرج اللوى

لفتات مياس القوام رطيب

It weakened my strength the day desires inclined,

The bending of the lithe waist moist.

رشأ أقام قيامتي فنصيبه

مني الوداد وقل منه نصيبي

It grew lush and erected my structure, so its share

Of me is affection, and say a small share of me.

رشأ ليوسف في ملاحة وجهه

ينمى وينمى نسبة لشبيب

It grew for Joseph in the radiance of his face

Ever increasing, attributed to the youth.

اصفيته محض الوداد وسامني

فيه هوانا عاذلي ورقيبي

I clarified it as pure affection, and it named me

In it abased, my blamer and watcher.