1. من مُنصِفي مِن غَزالِ التُركِ ذي الدَعَج

    وَذي العُيونِ الَّتي لَم تَخلُ مِن غَنَجِ

    Who will win me justice against the Turks' dark-eyed gazelle,

    whose eyes have never been free of coquetry?

  2. خَدّاهُ من أَحمَرِ الياقوتِ لَونُهُما

    لَكِن عَقارِبُ صُدغَيهِ مِنَ السَبَجِ

    His cheeks take their color from red rubies,

    but the scorpions at his temples are of jet.

  3. وَكَيفَ يَسلَمُ قَلبي مِن لَواحِظِهِ

    يَوماً وَما سَفكُها إِلّا دَم المُهَجِ

    And how can my heart escape his glances

    even for a day, when they shed only hearts' blood?

  4. يَفترُّ عَن لُؤلُؤٍ رَطبٍ وَعَن بَرَدٍ

    وَعَن أَقاحٍ شَتَيتٍ طَيِّبِ الأَرَجِ

    He smiles, revealing moist pearls and hailstones,

    and scattered daisies, sweetly fragrant.

  5. وَما تَبَسَّمَ في ظَلماءَ داجِيَةٍ

    إِلّا وَأَغنَت ثَناياهُ عَنِ السُرُجِ

    Never has he smiled on a pitch-black night

    without his front teeth making lamps needless.

  6. كَم لي إِذا غابَ عَن عَينَيَّ من حجَجِ

    فَإِن بَدا اِنقَطَعَت مِن هَبَّةٍ حُجَجي

    How many arguments I have when he is out of my sight!

    But if he appears, a gust cuts short my arguments.

  7. فَسُخطُهُ شِدَّةٌ لِلعاشِقينَ وَفي

    رَوحِ الرِضى مِنهُ عَنهُم راحَةُ الفَرَجِ

    For his displeasure is hardship for lovers, while in

    the soothing breath of his favor toward them lies the comfort of relief.

  8. مِن ضيقِ أَجفانِهِ سُبل الهَوى اِتَّسَعَت

    فَما عَلى عاشِقيهِ فيهِ مِن حَرَجِ

    From the narrowness of his eyelids, love's paths have widened,

    so his lovers incur no blame for loving him.

  9. ما حُسنُ صَبرِيَ عَنهُ ساعَةً حَسَنٌ

    كَلّا وَلَيسَ اِنهِتاكي فيهِ بِالسَمِجِ

    My graceful patience without him, even for an hour, is no grace;

    no indeed—and my loss of restraint for his sake is not unseemly.

  10. يا مُشهِرَ السَيفِ في الهَيجاءِ مُشتَهِراً

    أغمده عَيناكَ قَد أَغنَتكَ في الرَهَجِ

    O you who draw the sword, renowned in battle,

    sheathe it: your eyes are already all you need amid battle's dust.

  11. هَواكَ بَحرٌ عَميقٌ لا قَرارَ لَهُ

    وَها أَنا الآنَ مِنهُ غُصتُ في اللُجَجِ

    Love for you is a deep sea without a bottom,

    and here I am now, plunged into its deep waters.

  12. يا شادِيَ الشربِ قَد رَنَّحتني طَرَباً

    أَوّاهُ وا كَبِدي مِن صَوتِكِ الهَزِجِ

    O singer for the drinkers, you have made me sway with rapture!

    Ah, alas for my liver at your lilting voice!

  13. قُم فَاِذبَحِ الدنَّ يا ساقي عَلى عَجَلٍ

    وَعاطِنيها سُلافاً مِن دَمِ المُهَجِ

    Rise, then slaughter the wine jar, cupbearer, in haste,

    and pass it to me, pure wine from hearts' blood.