حسب عيني من المنام غراره

يوم الخليط والقلب داره

My eyes' illusion of sleep is transient,

On the day of turmoil with a restless heart,

قد تناءت دياره وبرغمي

قد تناءت ربوعه ودياره

His dwelling has become remote to me,

His lands and homes have become remote,

بتُّ أرعى له تصرف لحظ

حار فيه فتوره واحوراره

I graze on care for him with every glance,

My passion for him fluctuates between warmth and heat,

أسرح اللحظ في مسارح ظبي

هو عينا ظبا الحمى ونفارُه

I set free the glance in the pastures of gazelle,

With the eyes of a love-sick gazelle and its shyness,

عنَّ لي أطرح الحبالة ختلاً

وحذاري من أن يعنّ حذارُه

Tell me to cast off my worries as burdens,

And beware in case his caution takes note,

مُرهفَ القدّ ليس يخطر إلّا

اهتز في طيّ برده خطارُه

Of delicate build, he does not suspect,

Except when his coolness shook in his gait,

هيَّم المغرم المتيم ظبيٌ

عفّ خلخاله وعفّ سوارُه

His anklet gave away and his bracelet slipped,

The pallor and redness of a cheek increases for me,

زادني صفرة بحمرة خدٍّ

كلما ازددت منه زاد احمراره

The more it increases, the more his redness grows,

The coquetry of an eyelid has bared a blade,

وغرير قد سلَّ صارم جفن

فضح السيف حين لاح غراره

When its flash appeared, the sword revealed its sharpness,

Who feels for the agony of my lovelorn heart,

من لصب متيم القلب عانٍ

مشغل فيك ليله ونهاره

Preoccupied with you night and day?

It seeks to cool the heart with tears,

يتوخى برد الفؤاد بدمع

مسجر من شواظه تيارُه

Flowing from his streaming torrents,

The duty of the heart knows no rest,

واجب القلب لا يقر قرارا

في هوى ساكن يقرّ قرارُه

In a dormant passion that knows no peace,

My excuse for my dusty love,

من عذيري من حب أعفر خشف

صحَّ حبي به وعذري عذارُه

My love purified it and its excuse cleansed it,

With one who does not grant sanctuary to a neighbor,

عند من لا يجير ذمة جارٍ

جاري اللَه منه واللَه جارُه

My Lord is my neighbor against him, and God is his neighbor,

Blessed is the illusion that visited me,

حبذا من المنام طارق زور

زارني والظلام مرخيً إزارُه

And came to me while the darkness donned its gown,

It surpassed the slumber of my eyes until,

قد تخطى رقاد عينيَ حتى

نبه الطرف راقدا أشفارُه

It woke the sleepy eyelid and lashes,

Breaking the narcissus with the tip of an eyelash,

كسر الهدب من مريّش جفن

مسقم الطرف صح عندي انكساره

The slumbering eye recovered when it cracked,

O you who reprimands youth, the favor of old age,

يا معير الشباب فضل مشيب

هل يردّ الشباب لي مستعاره

Can youth return borrowed to me?

A tyrannical fate rules me,

قادرٌ جائر عليَّ بحكم

أين ضعفي منه وأين اقتداره

Where is my weakness against it and where is its power?

It lit the fire in the dark night,

أوقد النار في اليفاع خليط

ضوّأت ليلة المسامر نارُه

The night of carousing illuminated its flames,

If you could see the fire and carousing as my friends,

لو ترىالنار والخليط نديمي

خلت أني فرزدق ونوارُه

You would think I am Farazdaq and his companions,

A sigh sends up smoke into the air,

مصعد زفرة بها الجو سري

وكفى الدمع أن يصوب انحداره

And tears suffice to direct its descent,

O tears flowing down the cheeks,

يا لدمع عن الخدود مراقٍ

أجرت الفلك في الصعيد بحاره

You moved the heavens on earth with your seas,

Passion struck flint in the heart,

قدح الشوق في الجوانح زندا

ثاقبا بالحشا يطير شرارُه

Sparks piercing with lovesickness flying from it,