أعادَتكَ في حالِ الهَوى عَودةالفتَن

ولا مَلجأٌ من ذاكَ إلا لِمَن ومَن

The allure of passion has returned you

And there is no refuge from that except for one with restraint

فَفِيمَ تَعقَّبتَ التَّصابي ألم تكُن

كمَن لم يكُن قِدماً إلى سَكنٍ سَكَن

So why did you pursue ecstasy, were you not

Like one who settled without having settled?

أفِق إنَّها لَيسَت بأوّل سَكرَةٍ

وفي مِثلها مِن قَبلها كنتَ مُرتَهَن

Awaken, for this is not the first intoxication

And in the like of it before you were hostage

ومُنصِفةِ الأجفانِ في قسمةِ الضَّنَى

لها أوفرُ الأقسامِ مِنه إِذا امتُحِن

The doer of injustice with eyelids in dividing sadness

Has the greatest share of it when tested

تَظنُّ بها من شدَّة التَّرف الهَوى

كأنِّي وإيَّاها شَريكانِ في الشَّجَن

You think that because of the intensity of fancy's luxury

That she and I are partners in anguish

وإنَّ دمُوعاً سافَرت بحدِيثِنا

تعمُّ بهِ ما عَمَّه العارِضُ الهَتِن

And tears traveled with our conversation

Spreading what the glancing calamity spread

لتُغنِيكمُ عن كشفِ حالي وحالِها

وفي دُونِها ما ألحَق السِّرَ بالعَلَن

To spare you from revealing my state and hers

And below her is what joined secret with public

تكلَّفَ ذكري قطعَ كلِّ مَفازةٍ

فلو كانَ مَجداً قلتُ ما قاله الحسَن

You obliged mention of me cutting off every expanse

Otherwise I would have said what al-Hassan said