يا أيُّها ذا الشادنُ الخرعوبُ
دَعْنَا ننالُ مرادَنا ونتوب
O you there—this tender, timid young gazelle!
Let us attain our desire, and then repent.
ولقد يضلّ الحرُّ وهو مُوقرٌ
ولقد يزلُّ المرءُ وهو لبيبُ
Even the noble may stray, though he is revered;
even a man may stumble, though he is discerning.
لو شاءَ رَبّكَ لي عفافاً لم يكنْ
قمرٌ يموجُ به نقاً وقضِيْب
Had your Lord willed chastity for me, there would have been no
moon in whom dune and slender bough undulate.
ولما يَرى بَرَداً بثغرك نابتاً
وعليه أكبادُ الرجال تذوب
And when one sees hail budding in your mouth,
men’s very livers melt for it.
لا تحِبَسْن عني خيالُكَ أنّه
وأبيكَ لهو الزائرُ المحبوبُ
Never suppose your phantom is absent from me; indeed it is—
by your father—the beloved visitor.
يا يوسفاً في الحسن كن لي باعثاً
منك القميصَ فإنّه يعقوبُ
O Joseph in beauty, be one who sends me
your shirt—for I am Jacob.
ولئن ظمئت فما بغيرك ارتوي
ولئن مرضتُ فما سواك طبيب
Though I thirst, I drink my fill from none but you;
and though I fall ill, none but you is my physician.
Sol 5.6