زادَ العقيق بخدٍ غيرِ مُنْتَقِبِ

قاني الغلالَةِ كالهنديِّ مُخْتَضِبِ

The carnelian added to a cheek not kissed

A brewer of wine like an Indian dressed up

بدرٌ تَمَزَّقَ عنه الليلُ حين سرى

كذلك البدرُ يَسْري غَيْرَ محتجب

A full moon the night parted from which when it set out

Thus the full moon moves on not veiled

ذو غُرَّةٍ قُنِّعَتْ بالحسن من قَمَرٍ

ولَبَّةٍ قُلِّدِتْ بالحَلْي من شُهُب

One with a lovely mole content with beauty instead of a moon

And a shiny forehead adorned with a necklace instead of falling stars

خدٌّ أَلَمَّ لريعانِ الشبابِ به

سحرٌ تدرَّعَ فيه الماءُ باللهب

A cheek that touched the vigour of youth

Magic the water clad itself in flame with

لا تُصْغِرَنِّي لكونِ الجسم مُغْتَرِباً

فإنَّ في الجسم عقلاً غيرَ مُغْتَرِب

Deem me not little due to an alien body

For in the body is a mind not alienated

يَغْنَى اللبيبُ بعقلٍ منه عن فِطَنٍ

حيث استقرَّ وعن أُمٍ له وأب

The sensible man's mind suffices him for sagacity

Wherever it settled instead of a mother or father for him

وهل أَخافُ من الأيام نائبةً

وللسديد يدٌ تَسْطُو على النُّوَبِ

And should I fear the days striking viciously

When for the truthful there is a hand that fends off hazards

لو كنتَ إذْ تُوزَنَ الأعمالُ سائِلَهُ

ما حازَ من صالح الأَعمالِ لم يُجِبِ

If you were, when deeds are weighed, asking their doer

What good deeds has gained, he would not have answered

يا مُبْغِضَ الذَّهَبِ المحبوب راحته

حتى كأَنَّ ذهابَ الحَمْدِ في الذهب

O hater of beloved gold, despising its comfort

As though the loss of praise were in gold