بُروقُ الغَوادي أَم بُروقُ المَباسِمِ

أَشاقَكَ وَهناً أَم هَديلَ الحَمائِمِ

Are they the lightnings of the valleys or the lightnings of the smiling mouths?

It has enfeebled me, whether it is your languor or the cooing of the doves.

كَأَنَّ بِكَ الوَجدَ الَّذي بي مِنَ الأَسى

وَقَد عيلَ صَبري بَينَ واشٍ وَلائِمِ

It is as if the passion in me is from sorrow,

And my patience has weakened between a companion and acquaintances.

تُؤَرِّقُ وُرقُ الغوطَتَينِ لَواحِظي

وَيُنحِلُ جِسمي حُبُّ غُزلانَ جاسِمِ

The leaves of the branches tremble for my observers,

And my body melts from love of the handsome gazelle.

أَأَحبابَنا إِن كُنتُم قَد عَزَمتُمُ

عَلى البُعدِ عَن أَطلالِكُم وَالمَعالِمِ

O my loved ones, if you have decided

To be far from your ruins and landmarks,

فَلا تَرسِلوا بَرقاً إِلى غَيرِ ساهِرٍ

وَلا تَبعَثوا طَيفاً إِلى غَيرِ نائِمِ

Then do not send a lightning bolt to other than one awake

Nor dispatch an apparition to other than a sleeper.

أَعاذِلُ فيمَن لَستُ أَسلو أَذابَني

فَلَو شِئتُ مِن سَقَمي تَمَنطَقتُ خاتَمي

I blame those I do not question, who melted me,

If I wanted, my seal would have spoken from my sickness.

ذَرِ العَذلَ في تَسكابِ طَرفي لِطَرفِهِ

وَلا تَدخُلَن ما بَينَ ساجٍ وَساجِمِ

Leave off blaming the overflowing of my eyes to his eyes

And do not enter what is between a friend and friends.