هَذاكَ مغناهُم فقِف في بينهِ

وحذارِ ثُمَّ حذارِ أعيُنَ عينهِ

That is their singer, so stop in his midst

And beware, then beware, the eyes of his eyes

لا تَغترِر بفُتورِ أحداقِ الَمها

ففتورُها خَوضُ الرَّدى من دُونهِ

Do not be fooled by the languor of his sleepy eyes

For their languor is the seduction of temptation without him

وعنِ اليمينِ من المضاربِ معهدٌ

لرشاً وثِقتُ بعهدهِ ويمينهِ

And on the right, from the polo grounds, a promise

I trusted his promise and his oath

خَصرُ الَّلمى يروي السَّقامَ بصحَّةٍ

جسمي الضَّعيفُ بخصرهِ وجُفونهِ

The belt of beauty quenches my thirst with health

My weak body with his belt and his eyelids

قمرٌ ضللتُ بخالِه وبشَعرهِ

لكن هُديتُ بثغرهِ وجبينهِ

A moon I went astray with his mole and his hair

But I was guided by his mouth and his forehead

ترتاعُ أقمارُ الدُّجا من نُورهِ

وتغارُ أغصانُ النَّقا من لينهِ

The moons of darkness tremble from his light

And the branches of palms are jealous of his softness

أودعتُه قلبي وأعلمُ أنني

أودعتُه سَفَهاً لغيرِ أمينهِ

I entrusted him with my heart and I know

I foolishly entrusted him to an untrustworthy keeper

يا يومَ غُرَّبَ لستُ أوَّلَ عاشقٍ

هتَكت سرائرهُ غُروبُ شُؤنِه

O day when the sunset is not the first lover

Whose secrets were revealed by the sunset of his affairs

كم في الظَّعائنِ من كثيرٍ ضَغائنٍ

لم يَرثِ للصَّبِّ الشَّجي وشُجونِهِ

How much in suspicions is there of many suspicions

That did not inherit the youth his passion and his sorrows

متبسِّمٍ من ثغرهِ عن جَوهرٍ

متنضِّدٍ روحي فداءُ ثمينهِ

Smiling from his mouth about a precious

Substance my soul is a ransom for his preciousness

يُلهي هواهُ المترفَ المرتاحَ عن

دُنياهُ والُمحيي الدُّجا عن دينِهِ

His love preoccupies the comfortable indulgent from

His world and revives the gloom from his religion