شَرفَ الحَريرُ بِأَن غَدا لَك مَلبَسا
لِم لا وَجسمُك مِنهُ أَلينُ مَلمَسا
Silk was ennobled when it became your raiment—
and why not, when your body is softer to the touch than silk?
يا شادِناً ما اِزدادَ مِنّي وَحشَةً
إِلا وَزادَ القَلبُ فيهِ تَأنُّسا
O young gazelle, the more aloof from me you grow,
the more the heart grows intimate with you.
طَلسَت عُقولُ الناسِ لَمّا أَن غَدا
يَمشي الهُوَينى في قِباءٍ أَطلَسا
People’s minds were bewildered when he came forth,
walking with languid grace in a sleek satin cloak,
مُتَنَسِّمٌ عَن نَفحَةٍ مِسكيَّةٍ
مُتَبَسِّمٌ عَن أَشنَبٍ في أَلعَسا
breathing forth a waft of musk,
smiling to reveal lustrous teeth between dusky lips.
هُوَ ثالثُ القَمَرينِ وَهوَ أَتمُّها
نوراً وَأَبعدُها مَدى أَن يُلمَسا
He is the third of the two moons—and the most perfect of them,
the brightest in radiance, and farthest beyond reach.
إِنَّ التَفاوُتَ في العُلُوِّ لَموضِحٌ
مَن كانَ أَعلَى في المَنازلِ مَجلِسا
Indeed, their difference in elevation makes plain
who among them occupies the highest station:
فَالبَدرُ في أُولى السَما وَالشَمسُ في ال
وُسطى وَمن أَهواهُ حَلَّ الأَطلَسا
the full moon is in the first heaven, and the sun in the—
middle, while the one I love inhabits the outermost sphere.
Sol 5.6