1. تعذرُ العينُ بأن لا تَكِف

    والهوى يعلم أني دنِفُ

    The eye is excused for shedding no tears,

    and love knows that I am lovesick.

  2. وصفت عيني بأني من ضنىً

    صدقت إنّي على ما تصِف

    My eye described me as suffering from wasting illness;

    it spoke truly: I am as it describes.

  3. أنا معروفٌ بسيما بدنٍ

    للتصابي مذعن معترفُ

    I am known by the signs of my body,

    yielding to youthful dalliance and confessing it.

  4. وقفَ القلبُ على الوجدِ بمن

    أصبحَ الحسن عليهِ يقفُ

    The heart is fixed in longing for one

    upon whom beauty has come to rest.