1. بكى وجداً بأجمده

    مفرّاً من تجلده

    He wept with longing at Ajmadah,

    seeking escape from his self-restraint.

  2. قريح القلب موجعه

    بوقعٍ من تسهُّده

    His wounded heart torments him

    with the impact of his sleeplessness,

  3. إلى قمرٍ منايا النا

    ظِرين إليه في يده

    toward a moon—the deaths of those

    who gaze at him are in his hand.

  4. فتوك الطرف ساحره

    بستر الغصن أغيده

    Deadly of glance, bewitching him,

    his supple form beneath a bough's veil.

  5. يضاحك عطف صدغيه

    البياض على تورده

    Trading smiles with the curve of his sidelocks

    is whiteness upon his rosy flush.

  6. وتبكي عين ذي دنفٍ

    سقيم الجسم مقعده

    And the eye of one with wasting sickness weeps,

    his ailing body laying him low.