1. أتَملِّي من محاسِنها

    من بَعيدٍ وهي لا تَدري

    I feast my eyes on her charms

    From afar, while she is unaware.

  2. فتنالُ النفسُ والهةً

    مُتعةً من حُسنِها المغري

    So the soul, love-struck, gains

    Delight from her alluring beauty.

  3. سارقٌ في ما أُمارِسه

    أنا أم مُغتصِبُ الطُهرِ

    A thief in what I do—

    Am I, or a ravisher of purity?

  4. لستُ من هذين بل رجلٌ

    يَعبُدُ الشمسَ على الجَهرِ

    I am neither of these, but a man

    Who worships the sun openly.

  5. حَظِيَت منها شَواعِرهُ

    بضِياءِ الصُبحِ والبِشر

    His senses have been favored by her

    With dawn's radiance and gladness.

  6. وهي ما زالت مُمنَّعةً

    وهو في وصلٍ بلا نُكرِ

    While she remains inviolate,

    He is in communion without wrongdoing.

  7. ما على الشاعرِ من حَرَجٍ

    بَرِئت عيناه من وِزرِ

    There is no blame upon the poet;

    His eyes are free of sin,

  8. كالذي يعبُدُ خالِقَهُ

    في سَنا الرَوضِةِ والعِطرِ

    Like one who worships his Creator

    In the garden's radiance and fragrance.