لا تُنكِروا الشّعْرَ على خدِّهِ

فالورْدُ لا يخلو من الشّوْكِ

Do not deny poetry on his cheek

For roses are not without thorns

يا فِتْنَةَ العشّاقِ لكنهُمْ

بالأنْفُسِ العِلْيَةِ فَدَّوْكِ

O temptation of lovers, yet they

Ransomed you with precious souls

يا نَظَراتِ اللحْظِ ما أنصَفوا

لوْ أنهُمْ بالسّحْرِ حلَّوْكِ

O glances of the moment, they did not do justice

If only they had enthralled you with magic

أهْدَوْا لمغْناكِ تحيّاتِهِمْ

ثمّ اسْتقلّوا حينَ حيَّوْكِ

They offered their greetings to your melody

Then bid you farewell when they greeted you

قُلوبَهُمُ أهدَوْكِ إذ للهَوى

هدَيْتِهِمْ ساعةَ أهْدَوْكِ

Their hearts they gifted you, for in love

You gifted them when for an hour they gifted you

ساموكِ نقْصاً في كَمالِ الحُلَى

إذْ هُمْ ببدْرِ الأفْقِ سمَّوْكِ

They named you imperfect in beauty's perfection

When you were a full moon on the horizon they named you

كمْ عاهَدوا أنّكِ شمْسُ الضُحَى

وصَفْقَةَ الأيْمانِ أعْطَوْكِ

How often did they vow you were the sun of daybreak

And the pact of oaths they gave you

بَرّوا إذا ما أقسَموا أنّهُ

حقٌّ وما حقُّكِ وفَّوْكِ

If they swore it's true and not your right they fulfilled

Your charm leaned in a beautiful tilt so I do not doubt

تمايلَتْ عِطْفاكِ زَهْواً فَما

أشُكُّ أنّ الخَمْرَ عاطَوْكِ

That wine has given you

So O souls that passion for union revived you.

فَيا نفوساً قد أهاجَ الجَوى

غَرامُها بالوصْلِ أحيوْكِ