1. أيُّ بدر نأى علينا بزوغُهْ

    ذاك بدرٌ أعيا المحاقَ بلوغُهْ

    What full moon is this whose rising lies so far from us?

    That is a full moon beyond the reach of waning.

  2. غصُنٌ صيغَ من ضياءٍ كفانا

    كلِّ نوعٍ من الضياءِ مَصوغه

    A bough fashioned from light; enough for us,

    In place of every kind of radiance, is his fashioned form.

  3. صيغ الحسنُ وردَ خدّيه حتى

    صيغ الأرضَ من دمي مصبوغه

    Beauty fashioned the roses of his cheeks, until

    Its dyed creation fashioned the earth from my blood.

  4. اقتضى وَصفَه القريضُ فما يب

    لغُ فيه من القريض بليغه

    Verse called for his description, yet

    Even its most eloquent cannot do him justice.

  5. سحرُ لحظٍ ما كاد يلدغُ إلا

    خاض في أبحر المنايا لديغه

    The sorcery of a glance: no sooner does it sting

    Than its victim plunges into seas of death.

  6. رُغتُ عمَّن يلومُ فيه وألفى

    لي عذراً عن الملامِ يُريغُه

    I evaded whoever blamed me for him; he found

    An excuse for me that turned him from reproach.

  7. فارتدائي فيه رداءَ الهوى السا

    بغ مما يدينُ مثلي سبوغُه

    So I don for him the ample robe of love;

    Its fullness is a creed for one like me.

  8. لا تٌرغني إلى السلوِّ فإني

    لستُ ممن يروغ حين تروغه

    Do not lure me into forgetting, for I

    Am not one who turns away when you try to turn him.

  9. فرَّغ الشوقُ من سوى الشوق قلباً

    كان بَدْءَ اشتغالِهِ تفريغُه

    Longing emptied a heart of everything but longing;

    Its emptying was the beginning of its preoccupation.

  10. فإذا ما أساغ خلقٌ سُلُوّاً

    عن حبيب فلستُ ممن يُسيغه

    So if anyone can stomach forgetting

    A beloved, I am not one who can stomach it.