وَحَقِّكَ مَا الجُفُونُ السُّوْدُ رُمْدُ

وَلاَ سَلَّتْ بِهَا الهِنْدِيَ هِنْدُ

By your essence, the blackness of eyelids is no kohl

Nor did Indian twigs tattoo them

ولَكِنَّ الفُتُورَ بِهَا فُتُونٌ

وَفِي الوَسَنِ الَّذِي تُبْدِيهِ سُهْدُ

But languor in them is sedition

And the beauty you display is splendor

لَقَدْ أَطْرَبْتَ سَمْعي يَا عَذُولِي

بذِكْراَهَا كَأَنَّكَ كُنْتَ تَشْدُو

You made my hearing ecstatic, my reproacher

As if you were singing

وَسُقْتَ رِكَابَ أَشْوَاقِي وَدَمْعِي

فَعَذْلٌ ذَاكَ لِي أَمْ أَنْتَ تَحْدُو

And you gave drink to my passions and tears

Is this coquetry or are you challenging?

وأَغْيَدَ في المَنَاطِقِ مْنْهُ غَوْرٌ

أَهِيمُ بِهِ وَفِي الأَعْطَافِ نَجْدُ

In belts lurks a bosom I roam with desire

And in the shoulders, softness

شَهِدْتُ بِوَجْهِهِ بَدْراً وَأَدْنَى

وَقَائِعِ لَحْظِهِ بَدْرٌ وَأُحْدُ

I witnessed in his face a full moon and drew near

Incidents of his glances, a full moon and new moon

وقالُوا خَدُّهُ ماءٌ وخَمْرٌ

وَكُلُّ مِنْهُا لأَخِيهِ ضِدُّ

And they said his cheek is wine and wine

And each of them for his brother an opposite

فَقُلْتُ وَمَقْصِدِي بِالقَوْلِ خَالٌ

هُنَاكَ نَعَمْ وَفَوْقَ الضِّدِّ نَدُّ

So I said, my purpose in saying sincere

There, yes, and above opposites, friendship

وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُمَا وَرْدٌ وآسٌ

وَلَيْسَ بِكَائنٍ فِي الآسِ وَرْدُ

And more wondrous than both is a rose and myrtle

And in myrtle there is no rose

سَقَى عِلْمِ غَدَائِرَهُ دُمُوعِي

فَحُسْنُ الطَّلِّ فَوْقَ الآسِ يَعْدُو

My tears watered knowledge of his crescent moons

So the beauty of the new moon surpasses myrtle

وَحَيَّا الأَبْرَقَيْنِ وَلَيْسَ إِلاَّ

ثَنَايَاهُ وَجِيدٌ فِيهِ عِقْدُ

And it saluted the two temples, nothing but

Its dimples, and in it a neck like a pearl necklace

حَلَتْ أَلْفَاظُهُ لِمْ لاَ وَثَغْرُ

المَلِيحَةِ سُكَّرّ والرِّيقُ شَهْدُ

Its eloquent words, why not, and the mouth

Of the beautiful is sugar, and saliva, honey?