طراز ذاك العذار من رقمه

ودر دمعي بفيه من نظمه

Who embroidered the border of that cheek-down?

And who strung the pearls of my tears in his mouth?

وخاله فوق كنز مبسمه

بالمسك قفلا عليه من ختمه

And his mole above the treasure of his smiling mouth—

Who stamped it in musk, a lock upon that treasure?

من لي به ظالم الجفون سطا

ظلما على صبه وما رحمه

Who can help me with him—the cruel-eyed one who assailed

His ardent lover unjustly, and showed him no mercy?

اقسم لا حال عن ضنى جسدي

وبر بالهجر في الهوى قسمه

He swore never to relent in wearing down my body,

And through estrangement in love he kept his oath.

وداء جسمي هو الخبير به

ما ضره بالوصال لو حسمه

And my body's illness—he knows it well;

What harm would it do him if he ended it through union?

ان رق جسمي عليه من شغف

فادمعي في هواه منسجمه

If my body has grown thin from passion for him,

Then my tears stream freely in love for him.

غصن نديم الدلال ميله

تبارك الله باري النسمه

A bough whose sway is coquetry's boon companion—

Blessed be God, Creator of the living soul!

نشوان عطف يميل من صلف

بالغصن من قاسه فقد ظلمه

His flank sways drunkenly with haughty pride;

Whoever compares him to a bough has wronged him.

فالشمس من وجهه لها شبه

ومنه بدر السما عليه سمه

For the sun draws its likeness from his face,

And heaven's full moon bears a mark from him.

ساق ففيه المدام طاب وقد

حلا ارتشافا فما الذ فمه

A cupbearer—in him the wine is delightful, and has

Grown sweet to sip—how delicious his mouth!

اعارني خصره السقام كما

اعار جسمي لجفنه سقمه

His waist lent me sickness, just as

My body lent his eyelid its own sickness.

لو قيل لي مت غدا قضيت على

حكم الهوى وامتثلت ما رسمه

If I were told, 'Die tomorrow,' I would perish under

Love's decree, and obey what it ordained.

او زارني طيفه فرشت له

خدي وقبلت لاثما قدمه

Or if his dream-image visited me, I would spread for him

My cheek, and press kisses upon his foot.