1. لا وَحبّيكَ لا عَبدتُكَ سِرّاً

    ليلُ صُدْغَيْكَ صَيَّرَ اللّيْلَ ظُهْرا

    No, by your love, I have not worshipped you in secret.

    The night of your two temples has turned the night to noon.

  2. وَضحَ الأمرُ واِستَوى النّاسُ فيهِ

    وافْتَضَحْنا فَالحَمدُ لِلّهِ شُكرا

    The matter is clear, and everyone knows it alike.

    And we stand exposed—so praise and thanks be to God.

  3. أَيُّهَا الصَّاحيانِ من كَأسِ عَينٍ

    غازَلَتْنِي حَتّى تَطَغَّمْتُ سُكرا

    O you two still sober from an eye’s cup,

    an eye that flirted with me till I grew witless with drink,

  4. أُعْذُرا إِنْ أَرَدتُما أَو فَلُوما

    في بَديعٍ حَسبي عِذاراهُ عُذرا

    excuse me if you wish, or else blame me

    for loving a wondrous beauty—his twin lines of cheek-down are excuse enough for me.

  5. وَاِطْلُبَا لِلجُحودِ غَيري فَإِنّي

    لَستُ مِمّن يُحِبُّ في الحُبِّ سِترا

    And seek another to deny love, for I

    am not one who loves concealment in love.

  6. أَنا مِن أَجلِ خَدِّهِ دِنْتُ لِلنّا

    رِ وَفي خَالِهِ عَبدْتُ الشِّعْرَى

    For the sake of his cheek, I embraced the worship of fire,

    and in his mole I worshipped Sirius.

  7. فَضَلالي بَعدَ الهُدى في هَوَاهُ

    هوَ عِندي خَيرٌ وَأَعظَمُ أَجرا

    So my straying, after guidance, through love for him

    is, to me, better and greater in reward.