1. أَحبابُنا مُذ بانوا

    لِنَومِنا أَبانوا

    Since our beloveds departed,

    they have banished our sleep.

  2. فَلَم تَجِفَّ بَعدَهُم

    مِن دَمعِها الأَجفانُ

    So after them, they have not dried—

    the eyelids, wet with their tears.

  3. بانوا وَقَلبي حَيثُما

    كانوا لَهُ مَكانُ

    They departed; and my heart, wherever

    they are, has a home.

  4. ما سَكَنَت أَشواقُهُ

    وَهُم بِهِ سُكانُ

    Its yearnings have not grown still,

    while they dwell within it.

  5. أَكتُمُ حُبّيهِم وَهَل

    مَعَ البُكا كِتمانُ

    I conceal my love for them—but can

    there be concealment with weeping?

  6. كَم غادَةٍ ظاعِنَةٍ

    سارَت بِها الأَظعانُ

    How many a departing maiden

    the camel-litters carried away!

  7. أَعطافُها مَهزوزَةٌ

    يَحارُ مِنها البانُ

    Her sides sway;

    the bān trees are bewildered by her.

  8. أَردافُها مُرتَجَّةٌ

    تَحسُدُها الكُثبانُ

    Her buttocks quiver;

    the sand dunes envy her.

  9. ما لِلظِباءِ جيدُها

    وَطَرفُها الوَسنانُ

    The gazelles have neither her neck

    nor her drowsy gaze.

  10. هَيهاتَ أَينَ الزُّجُّ مم

    ما حازَهُ السِنانُ

    How far apart! How can the spear's butt compare with

    what the spearhead has attained?

  11. وَخَدُّها أَعارَهُ

    تُفّاحَهُ لُبنانُ

    And her cheek was lent

    Lebanon's apples.

  12. وَالوَجنَتانِ أَودَعَت

    ها وَردَها الجِنانُ

    And in her two cheeks were laid

    the gardens' roses.

  13. بِصَدرِها نَهدانِ غا

    رَ مِنهُما الرُمّانُ

    On her chest are two breasts, envied

    by the pomegranates.

  14. فَقَد زَهَت بِخَيرِ ما

    يَزهو بِهِ بُستانُ

    For she is resplendent with the best of what

    makes a garden resplendent.

  15. لا حَبَّذا بَعدهُمُ

    ذاكَ الحِمى والبانُ

    No longer delightful, after them,

    are that sanctuary and the bān trees.

  16. وَبَعدَ نُعمٍ لَم تَكُن

    تَشوقُني نَعمانُ

    And after Nuʿm, no longer

    does Naʿmān stir my longing.

  17. كَلّا وَلا وَجرَةَ إِذ

    لَيسَت بِها الغِزلانُ

    No, nor Wajra, since

    the gazelles are not there.

  18. مُدامَةٌ كَأَنَّما

    ذابَ بِها العِقيانُ

    Wine—as though

    pure gold had melted in it.

  19. فَالغارِمُ الصّاحي إِذَن

    وَالغانِمُ النَّشوانُ

    So the sober one is the loser, then,

    and the drunken one the winner.

  20. فَاِملأ لِيَ الكاسَ فَقَل

    بي بِالأَسى مَلآنُ

    So fill the cup for me, for my heart

    is full of sorrow.

  21. كانَت مَعَ النَبِيِّ نو

    حٍ إِذ أَتى الطّوفانُ

    It was with the prophet Noah

    when the Flood came.

  22. حَبابُها لي مالِكٌ

    وَحُبُّها رِضوانُ

    Its bubbles are Mālik to me,

    and love of it is Riḍwān.

  23. وَهَذهِ الدُنيا لَنا

    مَعشوقَةٌ تُزانُ

    And this world, to us,

    is a beloved adorned.

  24. وَإِنَّما ريقَتُها

    ما مَجَّتِ الدِّنانُ

    And her saliva is nothing but

    what the wine jars have spat out.

  25. مِن شُربِها يُهدى إِلَي

    نا الرَّوحُ وَالرَّيحانُ

    Through drinking it are bestowed upon us

    repose and sweet basil.

  26. مِمَّن يُسَمّى بِالغَفو

    رِ يُرتَجى الغُفرانُ

    From one called the All-Forgiving

    forgiveness is hoped for.

  27. مَولايَ بَدرَ الدينِ لا

    عانَدَكَ الزَّمانُ

    My lord Badr al-Dīn, may

    time never oppose you.

  28. وَدُمتَ ما أَقامَ في

    مَقامِهِ ثَهلانُ

    And may you endure as long as

    Thahlān stands in its place.

  29. يَكلَؤُكَ القُرآنُ مِم

    ما يُحدِثُ القِرانُ

    May the Qurʾān guard you from

    what the conjunction brings about,

  30. إِذا رَأَينا المُشتَري

    قارَنَهُ كيوانُ

    when we see Jupiter

    in conjunction with Saturn.

  31. في دَولَةٍ سُلطانُها

    ما مِثلَهُ سُلطانُ

    In a realm whose sultan

    has no equal among sultans.

  32. أَنتَ الفَتى الَّذي يُجي

    دُ مَدحَهُ فِتيانُ

    You are the youth whom

    Fityān excels at praising.