1. هيفاء لها الوجد بالمُتيّم قد مال

    بالأنفس إن بدت تجود وبالمال

    A slender-waisted beauty: longing has swayed the lovelorn toward her.

    If she appears, you give freely of souls and wealth.

  2. بالمُهجة أغرت لواحظاً وقواما

    هَذيك وهذي بصارم وبعسّال

    She set her glances and figure against the heart—

    The former with a keen sword, the latter with a swaying spear.

  3. في ظلمة شعر وفي ضياء جبين

    كم أضلل كم واهتدى المتيم في الحال

    In the darkness of hair and the radiance of a brow,

    How often the lovelorn was led astray, and how often found his way in the same instant!

  4. يا من جعلت في الهوى الوصال حراماً

    مَن قال بحلّ الجفا فديتك من قال

    O you who made union in love forbidden,

    Who declared estrangement lawful? May I be your ransom—who said so?

  5. سلسلت طليقاً من الدموع بطرفي

    مُذ خَصّ عموم النوى بقلبي إشعال

    I strung free-flowing tears into a chain at my eye,

    Since all-pervading separation singled out my heart for burning.

  6. رفقاً بفتى مُذ بَخلت أن تصليه

    قد جاد بدمع من المحاجر هطّال

    Be gentle with a youth who, since you refused him union,

    Has lavishly shed torrents of tears from his eyes.

  7. كم كدّر صفو الحياة قطع وصال

    كم ذوّب مُهجة وقطّع أوصال

    How often the severing of union has clouded life's serenity;

    How often it has melted a heart and torn limbs apart.

  8. النوم جفا الجفن بكرة وعشيا

    والصبر غُدواً جفا الفؤاد وآصال

    Sleep has forsaken the eyelid, morning and evening,

    And patience has forsaken the heart in mornings and evenings.

  9. فالعيش مع الهجر لا يطيب لصب

    قد عُوّد وصلاً من الحبيب وإقبال

    For life amid estrangement is not sweet to a lovesick lover

    Who has been accustomed to union and favor from the beloved.

  10. لم يلقَ له مخلصاً سوى بمديح

    فيمن بشفاعاته تُعلّق الآمال

    He found no escape for himself except through praise

    Of him upon whose intercessions hopes are hung—

  11. مَن ساد على كل سيّد وله

    قد جاءت شجر في الفلا ترفل إرفال

    He who surpassed every lord, and to whom

    Trees came through the wilderness, proudly trailing their robes.

  12. والضّبّ كذا الظبي أبلغه سلاماً

    والماء زلالاً بإصبعيه لقد سال

    And the spiny-tailed lizard, and likewise the gazelle, conveyed greetings to him.

    And clear, sweet water indeed flowed through his two fingers.

  13. والصخر لنعليه لان وهو جماد

    فالقلب له كيف لا يلين بإدلال

    And rock softened beneath his two sandals, though it was lifeless;

    So how could the heart not soften toward him in fond familiarity?

  14. في راحتيه سبّح الحصى عياناً

    والبدر له شُقّ ثم عاد بإكمال

    In his two palms, pebbles glorified God in plain sight,

    And the full moon was split for him, then returned to wholeness.

  15. صلى كرماً ربنا عليه دواماً

    أزكى صلوات مع الصحابة والآل

    May our Lord, in His generosity, bless him forever

    With the purest blessings, along with his Companions and family.