يا مَن تنزه عن شبه يماثله
في غرة الحسن أَو فى رقة الشيم
O you who is exalted above any peer or likeness
In the charm of beauty or in the softness of character
أَنَرتَ بِالحُسنِ مُشكاة الجَمالِ وَقَد
ضاءَت بِأَنوارِكَ الدنيا مِنَ الظُلمِ
You have illuminated the lantern of beauty with beauty
Your light has brightened the world from darkness
لَو خالَكَ البَدرُ يَوماً قالَ مُندَهِشاً
أَنتَ الصَباح وَأَنتَ النور للامم
If the full moon lost sight of you one day it would say astonished
You are the morning and you are the light for the nations
أَنا المسر بَل بِالاِعذار مِن كلفى
اِذا اِلتَقَينا وَأَنتَ الرائِقُ الوَسم
I am happy but with excuses from any burden
When we meet and you are the gentle rain
طوبى لِعَين بِذياك السَنا اِكتَحَلَت
اِنسانَها في سِوى اللَذّاتِ لَم يَنم
Blessed are the eyes that kohl with your beauty was applied
It made forgetful of any pleasure but you they have not slept
فَيا رَعى اللَه اِحداقا لَهُ نَظَرت
قَدما وَحيا لِسانا فازَ بِالكَلم
So may God protect the gaze that glanced at you
A foot that walked and a tongue that spoke and won with words
أَيّام وافى وَكانَ الوَقتُ مُبتَسِما
صَفوا وَكُنّا بِشَمل مِنهُ مُنتَظِم
Days came and time was smiling
Joy and we in its protection were organized
أَسير حُبِّكَ يا بَدرا نبرى شجنا
حَتّى كانَ الهَوى يَهواهُ من قدم
Prisoner of your love, O brilliant moon, we complain
Until love itself from early on loved you
شَمس الفَصاحَةِ أَضحَت مِنكَ مُشرِقَة
فَيا لَها نِعمة من أَكبَر النِعَم
Sun of eloquence from you it rose radiant
What bounty, from the greatest of bounties
فَكَيفَ بي وَبقولي اِن يُحيطُ عَلى
قُصور باعى بِما أَحرَزتُ مِن كَرَم
How about me and my words, if it could encompass
Palaces in their expanse with what I attained of generosity
وَهذِهِ كَلِمات قادَها شَغف
اِلَيكَ لَولاهُ لَم تبرز مِنَ القَلَم
And these are words led by passion
To you, without it they would not have come from the pen
جاءَت وَمن خَجَل تَمشي عَلى عَجل
تَخافُ عِند لُقاها زلة القَدم
They came and in shyness they hurry
Fearing in meeting you a stumble of steps
فحبها بِقبول فهي راجِيَة
غرفا من البَحرِ أَو رَشفا مِن الديم
So receive them with acceptance for they hope
A palmful from the sea or a sip from the cup
