عوَّضني بَعْدهُ بِتأْرِيقِ

عوَّضني بَعْدهُ بِتأْرِيقِ

دهرٌ رمى جَمْعَنا بِتفْرِيقِ

دهرٌ رمى جَمْعَنا بِتفْرِيقِ

After his departure, I was compensated with sleeplessness

Time separated us after our union

by Time, which struck our union with separation.

Throwing our gathering into dispersion

ضحَّيتُ بالعينِ يوم فُرْقتِهِ

ضحَّيتُ بالعينِ يوم فُرْقتِهِ

كأَنَّه كان يَوْم تشْرِيق

كأَنَّه كان يَوْم تشْرِيق

I sacrificed my eye on the day of his parting,

I sacrificed my eye the day we parted

as though it were a day of Tashriq.

As if it were a day of celebration

يحومُ لثْمِي على مَرَاشِفِهِ

يحومُ لثْمِي على مَرَاشِفِهِ

ويشْتهِي أَن يَعُوم في الرِّيقِ

ويشْتهِي أَن يَعُوم في الرِّيقِ

My kiss hovers over his lips

His kiss lingers on my pillow

and longs to swim in his saliva.

Yearning to swim in saliva

وربَّ ليلٍ جادَ الزمانُ بِهِ

وربَّ ليلٍ جادَ الزمانُ بِهِ

عانَقْتُهُ فيه أَيَّ تَعْنِيقِ

عانَقْتُهُ فيه أَيَّ تَعْنِيقِ

And many a night that Time generously bestowed,

Many nights gifted by time

I embraced him in it—what an embrace!

I embraced him intensely

وباتَ ذاكَ الرُّضَابُ من فَمِهِ

وباتَ ذاكَ الرُّضَابُ من فَمِهِ

رَاحِي وذاكَ اللسانُ إِبْرِيقي

رَاحِي وذاكَ اللسانُ إِبْرِيقي

And all night, that saliva from his mouth

That soft mouth of his

was my wine, and that tongue my ewer.

My comfort, his tongue my cup