1. مَا أَضَاء البَرْقُ اللَّمُوعُ بِنَجْدِ

    إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ مِنْ تَبَسُّمِ هِنْدِ

    It was not flashing lightning that shone in Najd;

    that came only from Hind's smile.

  2. وَإِذَا قَارَنَ الغَمَامَ بُرُوقٌ

    فَهْيَ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ نَارِ وَجْدِي

    And when flashes of lightning accompany the clouds,

    they are—if you but knew—from the fire of my longing.

  3. سَامَحَ الله مُقْلَةً فَتَكَتْ بِي

    إِنَّ قَتْلي مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا بِقَصْدِ

    May God forgive an eye that slew me;

    for it did not mean to kill me.

  4. مَا دَرَتْ إِذْ رَنَتْ بِجَفْنٍ سَقِيمٍ

    فَاتِرٍ أَنْ ذَلِكَ السُّقْمَ يُعْدِي

    It did not know, as it gazed with an ailing eyelid—

    languid—that such sickness is contagious.

  5. لَيْتَهُ بَاعَنِي نُعَاساً تَشَكَّى

    ثُقْلَهُ واشْتَرَى بِهِ بَعْضَ سُهْدِي

    If only he would sell me the drowsiness he complains

    is so heavy, and buy with it some of my sleeplessness.

  6. يَا رَشِيقَ القَوَامِ كَيْفَ بِرُشْدِي

    وَتَثَنِّى عِطْفَيْكَ أَتْلَفَ رُشْدِي

    O graceful of form, how can I keep my reason,

    when the swaying of your sides has destroyed my reason?

  7. هَاتِ كَأْسِي فِي حُبِّهِ يَا نَدِيمِي

    فَهْيَ تُعْزَى مِنْهُ لِثُغْرٍ وَخَدِّ

    Bring my cup for love of him, O my drinking companion;

    for it is traced to his mouth and cheek.

  8. وَاجْلِهَا في غُلاَلَةٍ مِنَ نَضَارٍ

    دَرَزَتْهَا يَدُ المِزَاجِ بِعِقْدِ

    And unveil it in a sheer robe of pure gold,

    which the hand of blending has stitched with a necklace.