ضنيت فَلَما جاءَني مَن أُحِبُّهُ

أَزالَ الضَنى عَني وَسُرَّت بِهِ النَفسُ

I was sad, but when he whom I love came to me,

He removed the sadness from me and my soul rejoiced in him.

فَنادَمتُ مِنهُ البَدرَ يَبهَرُ نورُهُ

فَيا مَن رَأى بَدراً يُنادِمُهُ الأنسُ

So I reproached the full moon - its light dazzles -

For, O you who sees a full moon reproached by intimacy!

تَمَتَّعتُ مِن أُنسٍ بِهِ اِثنينِ لَم نُرَع

فَلَما أَتانا ثالِثٌ ذهبَ الأنسُ

I enjoyed an intimacy with him, two of us gathering closely,

But when a third came, intimacy left.

أشيرُ لَهُ بِاللَثمِ إِن كانَ غافِلاً

وَيَأنَفُ صَوناً أَن يَرى بَينَنا لَمسُ

I gesture to him with my glances if he is neglectful,

And he disdains, protecting himself, that intimacy be seen between us.

أَدارَ عَلَيَّ الكَأسَ مَلأى صَبابَةً

فَها أَنا نَشوانٌ ولَم تَفرغ الكَأسُ

He passed me a cup full to the brim with wine,

So here I am tipsy, and the cup is not yet empty.

أَبا النَصرِ لا يَنفَكُّ حُبُّكَ ساكِناً

صَميمَ فُؤادِي أَو يَضمنِيَ الرمسُ

O Abu al-Nasr, your love does not cease, residing

In the depths of my heart, unless the flint pierces me.

أَلا عَلِّلَن قَلباً بِأَيسرِ كَلمَةٍ

فَقَد شَفَّها وَجدٌ وَقَد غالَها اليَأسُ

Oh, make reasons for a heart with the easiest of words,

For ardent love has healed it, and despair has worn it out.