طللانِ طالَ عليهما الأمَدُ

دثرا فلا علمٌ ولا نضَدُ

Their separation was prolonged

Withered, with no knowledge or resolve

لبِسَا البِلَى فكأنّما وَجَدا

بعدَ الأحبّةِ مثلَ ما أجِدُ

Wearing out, as if they had found

After their loved ones, what I endure

حُيِّيتُما طللينِ حالُهما

بعدَ الأحبّةِ غيرَ ما عَهِدوا

I greeted two separated lovers

After their loved ones, not what they were accustomed to

إما طواكَ سُلُوُّ غانيةٍ

فهواكَ لا مَللٌ ولا فَنَدُ

Whether your companion is a melodious singer

Or your love has no boredom or separation

إن كنتِ صادقةَ الهوى فرِدِي

في الحبِ منهليَ الذي أرِدُ

If you are truthful in love, then quench

For me in love the spring I seek

أدمي هَرَقتِ وأنتِ آمنةٌ

أم ليسِ لي عقلٌ ولا قَوَدُ

My tears flowed while you are safe

Or have I no mind or firewood

إن كنتِ فُتّ وَخانني سَبَبٌ

فلربّما لم يَحظَ مُجتَهشدُ

If you are a temptress and a cause has betrayed me

Then perhaps the afflicted will not be fortunate

يا خيرَ منتسبٍ لمكرمةٍ

في المجد حيثُ تَبَحبَحَ العَدَدُ

O best lineage of a generous man

In glory, where throngs bustle

في كلّ أنلُةٍ لراحتِهِ

نَوءٌ يَسُحُّ وعارضٌ حَشِدُ

In every soft sands for his rest

A groan sweeps, and a witness piles up

واذا القَنَا رَعَفَت أسنّتُه

علَقاً وصُمُّ كعوبِها قِصَدُ

And when the slim spears trembled

Clinging, silent at their tips aiming

فكأنَّ ضَوءَ جبينهِ قَمَرٌ

وكأنّه في صَولةٍ أسَدُ

As if the light of his brow is the moon

And as if he in assault is a lion

وكأنَّهُ رَوحٌ تُدَبِّرُنا

حركاتُه وكأنَّنا جَسَد

And as if he is a spirit that leads us

His movements, and as if we are a body