حميتَ شقيقَ الخدِّ بالُمقلةِ الكَحلا

وثَّقفتَ رُمحَ القَدِّ بالطَّعنةِ النَجلا

You have adorned the cheek of my companion with kohl eyeliner,

And fastened the spear of stature with a sharp stab.

وأطلعتَ من جيشِ الجمالِ طلائعاً

فما أرخص الأسرى وما أكثرَ القَتلى

You have sent ahead scouts from an army of beauties,

So how cheap are the captives and how many are the slain.

أرى الحسنَ شعراً أنتَ بيتُ قصيدهِ

ومنزلَ وحي فيك آياتُه تُتلى

I see beauty as your hair, you are the subject of this poem,

And the verses recited are revealed to you as prophecy.

لُمقِلتيكَ النَّجلا نَشاطٌ وقوَّةٌ

على قتلنِا وهيَ الضَّعيفةُ والكَسلَى

Your sharp spears give strength and liveliness

To our killing, though you are the weak and lazy one.

أذبتُ اختياراً في هواكَ حُشاشتي

فلم يُبقِ لي لُباً جَفاكَ ولا عَقلا

I have willingly wasted my passion on your love,

Leaving me no核 of reason safe from your aloofness.

فَقُل لي وما في الجسمِ روحٌ تُذيبُها

سرائرُ من تُبلى ومُهجةُ من تَبلَى

Tell me, while there is still soul left in my body for it to melt away,

Whose secrets wear one down and whose affection decays one?