1. كَالجؤذر جلَّ من صوَّر

    باهي المحيّا

    Like a young antelope—exalted is He who fashioned him—

    Radiant of countenance.

  2. أخجل الأَقمار مذ أَسفر

    بَدري وَحيّا

    He put the moons to shame when he shone forth—

    My full moon—and greeted me.

  3. مُخجل الأَغصان بالميل

    قَد مالَ عَنّي

    He who shames the boughs with his sway

    Has turned away from me.

  4. وَدُموع العَين كَالسَيل

    تَنهل منّي

    And the tears of my eye, like a torrent,

    Pour forth from me.

  5. وَنحول الجسم وا ويلي

    حَسبي وَإنّي

    And my body's wasting—oh, my woe!—

    Is enough for me; and indeed I

  6. لَم أَجئ وَاللَه بي أخبر

    شَيئاً فَريّا

    Have not done—and God knows me best—

    Anything outrageous.

  7. كَم شَجاني آه لِلساقي

    خَفق البُنود

    How much I was moved—ah, for the cupbearer!—

    By the fluttering of the banners,

  8. وَاِلتفاف الساق بالساق

    تَحت البُرود

    And leg entwining with leg

    Beneath the striped robes.

  9. وَحلا مِن فرط أَشواقي

    حلّ العقود

    And, from the intensity of my longing, sweet was

    The untying of the knots;

  10. وَاِرتشافي ريقه السكر

    رَشف الحميّا

    And my sipping his sugar-sweet saliva

    Was a draught of potent wine.

  11. يا سقاة الراح ما أَحلى

    خَمر التَصابي

    O cupbearers of wine, how sweet is

    The wine of youthful dalliance!

  12. وَمَهاة السرب لي تجلى

    وَالقَلب صابي

    And the herd's oryx reveals herself to me,

    And my heart is yearning.

  13. لَستُ أَشكو مُقلة نَجلا

    رامَت عَذابي

    I do not complain of a wide, lovely eye

    That sought my torment.

  14. كُلّ مَن يَشكو الهَوى يهجر

    هَجراً مَليّا

    Whoever complains of love is shunned

    With long-lasting estrangement.

  15. أَقبلت بِالتيه وَالعجبِ

    ذات الوِشاح

    She approached with haughtiness and self-admiration,

    The lady of the sash,

  16. مُذ تَوارَت مانع الحجبِ

    شَمس الصَباح

    When, behind the barrier of veils, lay hidden

    The morning sun.

  17. كَيفَ لا يَحلو لدى القُرب

    مرَّ اِفتِضاحي

    How could closeness fail to sweeten

    The bitterness of my disgrace?

  18. وَالجَبين الأَبلج الأَنور

    يَحكي الثريّا

    And the bright, radiant brow

    Resembles the Pleiades.

  19. يا ظباء المربع النَجدي

    أَنتم مُرادي

    O gazelles of Najd's spring pasture,

    You are my desire.

  20. أَيّ صَبر عَنكُم يُجدي

    حزتم فُؤادي

    What patience away from you could avail?

    You have won my heart.

  21. فَاِرحَموا المضنى أَخا الوَجد

    وَاِرعوا ودادي

    So pity the languishing one, brother to longing,

    And cherish my affection.

  22. وَاِعطفوا فَالفَضل لا يُنكر

    مِنكُم لَديّا

    And be gracious, for kindness is not denied

    By me, when it comes from you.

  23. وَصَلاة اللَه لِلهادي

    بَدر المَعالي

    And God's blessing upon the Guide,

    The full moon of noble virtues,

  24. مَن بِهِ عزّي وَإِسعادي

    في كُلّ حال

    Through whom come my honor and happiness

    In every state.

  25. وَلصَحب زينة النادي

    مَع خَير آل

    And upon the Companions, the assembly's adornment,

    Together with the finest household,

  26. عمدتي في الحَشر وَالمحشر

    ما دُمت حَيّا

    My mainstay at the Resurrection and its gathering-place,

    As long as I remain alive.

  27. سِيَما الصديق ثاني اِثنين

    كنز العَطايا

    Especially al-Siddiq, the second of two,

    The treasure of gifts;

  28. وَكَذا الفاروق ذاكَ الزين

    بَرّ السَجايا

    And likewise al-Faruq, that splendid one,

    Righteous in disposition;

  29. وَعَلى عُثمان ذي النورين

    باهي المَزايا

    And upon Uthman, possessor of the two lights,

    Resplendent in his merits;

  30. وَالهمام المُرتَضى حَيدر

    أَعني عَلِيّا

    And the gallant al-Murtada, Haydar—

    I mean Ali.