كَم غَرَضٍ فِيهِ لِلَحْظٍ رَشّاقْ

يَجْرَحُهُ وَهْوَ جَرِيحُ الآماقْ

How many a goal wherein is for the glance flirtation

It wounds him while he is the wounded of yearnings

حَظِّيَ َبْعَد بُعْدِها وَالإحْراقْ

طَوِيلُ هَجْرٍ وَهَجيرُ أَشْواقْ

My luck after its distance and burning

Prolonged estrangement and the sighing of passions

ذاتُ ذُوْاباتٍ وَثَغْرٍ بَرَّاقْ

أَبْيَضُهُ لِأَسْوَدَيْها دِرياقْ

A possessor of coquetries and a smile dazzling

Its whiteness to her blackness a coat of mail

لَو نُقِلَ الخاتَمُ وُهْوُ سَفّاْق

مِن خِنْصَرِي لِخَصْرِها لَما ضاقْ

If the ring were transported while it wrenches

From my waist to her waist it would not be straitened

لِلقَلْبِ أَسْرٌ وَالدُّموعِ إطْلاقْ

فِي حُبِّها فَالدَّمْعُ جارٍ سَبّاقْ

For the heart there is captivity and for tears release

In her love so the tear is quickly outpoured

وَرَوْضَةٍ أَبْدَعَ فِيها الخَلاّقْ

لِحُسْنِ مَرْأىً وَبِطيبِ اسْتِنْشاقْ

And a meadow the Most Ingenious created therein

For the beauty of sight and the sweetness of inhaling

تَبْسِمُ عَن دَمْعِ غَرامِ رِقْراقْ

رُصِّعَ كالجَوْهَرِ فَوْقَ الأَوْراقْ

A smile from a tear of deep love rippling

Adorned like gems above the leaves

حَكَى عَلى الأَغْصانِ دُرّاً مُتَلاقْ

أَوْ مِنَنَ الفاضِلِ فَوْقَ الأَعْناقْ

It depicted on the branches strung pearls

Or the Bountiful’s favor above the necks

لَهُ يَدٌ قَد قابَلَتْ باسْتِحَقاقْ

بِقَبْضِ أَرْواحٍ وَبَسْطِ أَرْزاقْ

For it there is a hand that deservedly met

In grasping souls and extending livelihoods

كَمْ صَرَفَ العامِلَ حَرْفٌ قَد فاقْ

فَوَعْدُهُ لَلْخَطْبِ مِنْهُ إشْفاقْ

How many times did the effort render a worker excelling

Thus his promise to the suitor is comforting

دَوْحَةُ أَفْضالٍ تَفُوقُ الآفاقْ

زَكَتْ فُرُوعاً ثُمَّ طابَتْ أَعْراقْ

An orb of nobility transcending horizons

It thrived into branches then goodly were the roots

لِلبشْرِ فِي مَرآهُ لَمْعٌ بَرّاقْ

يُوْلِي مَنِ اسْتَسْقَى وَلِيّاً غيْدَاقْ

For mankind in its reflection a shining gleam

That gives copiously to whoever sought it as a cloud downpouring

قَلَّدَنِي بِيضَ الأَيَادِي أَطْواقْ

أما تَرَى سَجْعِيَ بَيْنَ الأَوْراقْ

It conferred upon me the favors of white hands as necklaces

Do you not see my poetry between the leaves

أَقامَ لِلَّذَّةِ فِينا أَسْواقْ

يُرْدِفُها مِن سِرِّ قَلْبٍ إِشْراقْ

It established for the pleasure in us markets

Followed up from the secret of a heart radiating

إِنِّي وَإِنْ حَذَوْتُ حَذْوَ الحُذّاقْ

مُقَصِّرٌ لِصيغَةِ الإسْتِغْراقْ

And even if I emulate the pace of the experts

I fall short of the formula of generalization

هَلْ يَلْحَقُ النِّجْمَ العَلَّيِ لَحّاقْ

أَو قلَّةٌ مِثْلَ خِضَمٍّ دَفّاقْ

Can a trivial star overtake a lofty celestial sphere

Or a handful like Nosy the Abundant

هُنِّئْتَ عاماً قَدْ أَتاكَ يَشْتاقْ

تُفْنِي أُلُوفاً مِنْهُ فِي عِزٍّ باقْ

You were congratulated a year that came longing

To spend thousands of it in lasting glory