أَمالِك مُهجَتي كَم ذا تُوالي

عَوارِفَ قَد أَتينَ عَلى التَوالي

My friend, how long will you continue

Bestowing favors upon me continuously?

بَقِيتُ أَغُضُّ مِن طَرفي حَياءً

لَما اسدَيتَ مِن كَرَمِ الخِلالِ

I lower my eyes in shyness

For the generosity you have shown.

لَقَد شرَّفتَ بِالتَقريظِ وَضعي

وَقَد شنَّفتَ سَمعي بِاللآلي

You have honored me with your praise

And delighted my hearing with your melodies.

فَما أَبقيتَ مِن مَعنىً غَريبٍ

توشِّيهِ بِلَفظٍ مِنكَ حالي

You have left no strange meaning

Without adorning it with a word of my state.

تُرى عشقتكَ أَبكارُ المَعاني

فَجئنكَ يَبتدِرنَ بِلا سُؤالِ

It seems the essences of meanings have fallen in love with you

And come to you without asking.

جَديرٌ أَن يَزُرنَك رافِلاتٍ

عَرائِسُ قَد بَرَزنَ مِن الحِجالِ

It is fitting that convoys of maidens

Who have emerged from seclusion visit you.

لِتَكسوها محاسِنَ مِن عُلاكُم

وَتَمنَحنا المَفاخرَ وَالمَعالي

To adorn them with the beauties of your excellence

And grant us pride and loftiness.

حَبيبَ القَلبِ وُدّي مِن قَديمٍ

صَحيحٌ لا تُغيِّرُهُ اللَيالي

Beloved of my heart, my love for you is old,

The nights cannot change it.

وَلَيلي مَع نَهاري في سُهادٍ

فَلَيسَ النَوم يَخطرُ لي بِبالي

My night and my day are in passion,

Sleep does not occur to me.

وَصورَتُك الجَميلةُ نُصبَ عَيني

فَلَستُ بِطالِبٍ زَورَ الخَيالِ

Your beautiful image is before my eyes,

I am not one who seeks false fantasies.

لَقَد أَلغَزتُ في نَظمي بِسرٍّ

تحارُ بِفَكِّهِ فُصحَ الرِجالِ

I have composed mysteries in my verse

That the eloquent struggle to unravel.

وَمبتدَئي لَهُ خبرٌ غَريبٌ

وَمنفصلٌ شَبيهٌ بِاتِصالِ

My beginning has a strange report

And my end is akin to my start.