انتَزِع يا صاحِ بازينا
واغدُ نَنفي العُسرَ مِن يُسُرِه
Pluck, O falconer, pluck and take away
The hardship from its ease
أَقمراً لَو لاحَ في سَدَفٍ
غِني الراءون عَن قَمَرِه
Were the moon to shine in a canopy
The onlooker would have no need of its moon
قَلِقَ الأَجفانِ تَحسِبُهُ
عاقِداً حِقداً عَلى وَغَرِه
Restless eyelids suppose it
To be harboring rancor against its prey
كمداك الطيب هامتُه
خَلقُها يَدعو إلى حَذَرِه
Like the perfumed cheek it bows down
Its nature invites caution
وَكقَرنِ الظَبي مِنسَرُهُ
في رحابِ الشِدقِ مُنقَعرِه
And like the young gazelle's horn
Protruding in the ample part of its cheek
وَكجِزعٍ حَولَهُ ذَهَبٌ
ما يُديرُ اللحظُ مِن بَصَرِه
And like a sapling wrapped in gold
From which vision does not stray
مُتَبقَبّي يَلمَقَي حِبَرٍ
بشاعرٍ شَفَّ عَن صَدَرِه
A desirous glance lights upon ink
From the breast of an eloquent poet
باسلٌ يقضي بمَنظَرِه
حينَ تَلقاهُ عَلى خَبَرِه
Valiant, it judges by its gaze
When it meets it based on reports
وَثِقَت بالفَلجِ عَزمَتُهُ
فَهوَ لا يَمضي عَلى خَطَرِه
Its resolve assured by composure
So it does not venture into danger
نائِلاً بالأَينِ بُغيَتَهُ
ظافِراً بالحزمِ في غَرَرِه
Achieving by inquiry its desire
Victorious by prudence in its deceits
وإذا أطبا مسامِعَهُ
رِكزُ شَخص غابَ عن حَضَرِه
And when it charms ears
The form of an absent one appears
قُلتُ في عَينَيهِ أَفئدَةٌ
تَنتَحي ما قصَّ من أثَرِه
I said, in its eyes are hearts
That shy away from what shortens its track
يَنبَري للطَيرِ مُنخَرقاً
كانبعاثِ السَهمِ مِن وَتَرِه
It springs forth to the birds bursting out
Like the arrow's release from its bowstring
فتَشظّى عَنهُ مُقشِعَةً
كانقشاعِ الدجنِ عَن مَطَرِه
Dispersing from it as glimmers
Like the clearing of fog from its rain
ثم يشاها فيرجعها
كرجوعِ الطرفِ عن نَظَرِه
Then it whistles to call them back
Like the glance's return from its looking
وَيُفَرّي ريثَها بِتَكاً
كانتِثارِ الزَهر عَن شَجَرِه
And it scatters its group slowly
Like the flowering from its tree
