خافَ الرَسولُ مِنَ المَلامَه

فَكَنى بِسُعدى عَن أُمامَه

The Messenger feared reproach

So he hinted at Sa’diyya instead of her actual name

وَأَتى يُعَرِّضُ في الحَدي

ثِ بِرامَةٍ سُقِياً لِرامَه

And he came to mention in hadith

Raamah as a water-drawer for Raamah

وَفَهِمتُ مِنهُ إِشارَةً

بَعَثَ الحَبيبُ بِها عَلامَه

And I understood from him an allusion

That my beloved had sent as a token

فَطَرِبتُ حَتّى خِلتُني

نَشوانَ تَلعَبُ بِيَ المُدامَه

So I was disturbed until I became

Intoxicated, madness playing with me

خُذ يا رَسولُ حُشاشَتي

أَنا في الهَوى كَعبُ اِبنُ مامَه

Take, O Messenger, my love messages

For in love I am like Kab ibn Maamah

وَأَعِد حَديثَكَ إِنَّهُ

لَأَلَذُّ مِن سَجعِ الحَمامَه

And repeat your hadith for it is

Sweeter than the cooing of a dove

بُشرايَ هَذا اليَومَ قَد

قامَت عَلى الواشي القِيامَه

Give me good news, for this day

Judgement has been passed on the lover

ياقادِماً مِن سَفرَةِ ال

هَجرِ الطَويلِ لَكَ السَلامَه

O you who comes from a journey of long

Absence, peace be upon you

وَأَقَمتَ في ذاكَ البُعا

دِ وَطابَ فيهِ لَكَ الإِقامَه

And you stayed in that distant place, and dwelling there

Was pleasant for you

يا مَن تَخَصَّصَ وَحدَهُ

مَولايَ تَلزَمُكَ الغَرامَه

O you who exclusively belongs

To my Master, passion clings to you

يا مَن يُريدُ لِيَ الهَوا

نَ وَمَن أُريدُ لَهُ الكَرامَه

O you who wants love for me

And whom I want to honor

مَولايَ سُلطانُ المِلا

حِ وَلَيسَ يَكشِفُ لي ظُلامَه

My Master, the Sultan of beauty

And no darkness is unveiled for me

عايَنتُهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ

غُصنُ النَقا ليناً وَقامَه

I saw him, and he was like

A delicate, erect branch

وَبِشامَةٍ في خَدِّهِ

أَصبَحتُ في العُشّاقِ شامَه

With a beauty mark on his cheek

I became among lovers a Shanmah

يا خَصرَهُ يا رِدفَهُ

مَن لي بِنَجدٍ أَو تِهامَه

O his waist, O his hips

Who will get for me Najd or Tihama