لِطَيبَةِ ظَبيٍ ظُبى صارِمٍ
تَجَرَّدَ مِن طَرفِها الساحِرِ
For a gazelle with stern, gazing eyes
That captivated with her charming look
وَفي عَرَفاتٍ عَرَفتُ الَّذي
تُريدُ فَلَم أَكُ بِالصابِرِ
In Arafat I knew well what she wanted
Yet I could not be patient
وَلَيلَةَ جَمعٍ جَمَعنا بِها
كَما جاءَ في المَثَلِ السائِرِ
And on the eve we gathered as told
In the well-known parable
يَمينُ الفَتاةِ يَمينُ فَلا
تَكُن تَطمَئِنُّ إِلى غادِرِ
A girl’s oath is an oath so do not
Trust the treacherous
مُنىً بِمِنىً نِلتُها لَيتَها
تَدومُ إِلى الزَمَنِ الآخِرِ
I got her wishes one by one if only
They would last till the end of time
تَوَلَّعتُ في لَعلَعٍ بِالَّتي
تُريكَ سَنا القَمرِ الزاهِرِ
I craved the one whose radiant smile
Shows you the full moon's splendor
رَمَت رامَةً وَصَبَت بِالصَبا
وَحَجَّرَتِ الحَجرَ بِالحاجِرِ
She flirted, then poured with morning draught
And stoned the rock with a stone
وَشامَت بَريقاً عَلى بارِقٍ
بِأَسرَعَ مِن خَطرَةِ الخاطِرِ
She smiled at a flashing light swifter
Than a fleeting thought
وَغاضَت مِياهُ الغَضا مِن غَضىً
بِأَضلُعِهِ مِن هوىً ساحِرِ
Waters of anguish flowed from her sorrow
For her love of a charming man
وَبانَت بِبانِ النَقا فَاِنتَقَت
لِآلِىءَ مَكنونَةِ الفاخِرِ
She appeared with the posture of a gazelle
Picking precious pearls
وَأَضلَت بِذاتِ الأَضا القَهقَرى
حِذاراً مِنَ الأُسدِ الخادِرِ
She wandered in the barren valley
Beware of the slumbering lion
بِذي سَلَمٍ أَسلَمَت مُهجَتي
إِلى لَحظِها الفاتِكِ الفاتِرِ
With peace she surrendered my passion
To her deadly languorous glance
حَمَت بِالحِمى وَلَوَت بِاللَوى
كَعَطفَةِ جارِحِها الكاسِرِ
She inspired with passion and twisted with craving
Like her raptor's crushing embrace
وَفي عالِجٍ عالَجَت أَمرَها
لِتُفلِتَ مِن مَخلَبِ الطائِرِ
And in curing her affair she strove
To escape from the claw of the bird
خَوَرنَقُها خارِقٌ لِلَّسَماءِ
يَسمو اِعتِلاءً عَلى الناظِرِ
Her slender neck rising to the sky
Transcends the beholder's sight
