همُ حيَّروني حيثُ ساروا يمَّموا

وحيثُ ثَوَوا بعدَ الفراقِ وخيَّموا

They perplex me wherever they went and pitched their tents

After parting, they camped and settled

سروا بفُؤادي واستقلُّوا بناظِري

فنَوميَ ممنوعٌ وقَلبي مُسلِّمث

They captivated my heart and monopolized my sight

So my sleep is forbidden and my heart is surrendered

إذا كانَ لي من حُسنِهم كُلَّ لحظةٍ

رَبِيعٌ فنومي في هَواهمُ مُحرَّمث

If their beauty is like a spring to me every moment

Then my sleep in their love is forbidden

أُقبِّلُ منهم في الصبَّا كُلَّ نفحةس

تَضوعُ برياهم وتصدرُ عنهمُ

I kiss from them every breeze at dawn

That blows from their dwellings and comes from them

وإن لاحَ لي برقٌ على أبرقِ الحمَى

أقولُ أُهيلُ الُمنحنَى قد تَبسَّموا

And if a flash of lightning smiles upon the bright crooked lightning

I say the bending full moon has smiled

وإن واجهتني نفحةٌ مندليةٌ

لها أرجٌ تعتادُني قُلت مِنهمُ

And if a gentle breeze from them reaches me

With a fragrance that I know, I say it is from them

وَلَمَّا برزنا للَوَداعِ وأبرَزُوا

وُجُوهاً لنا منها بُدوُرُ وأَنجُمُ

And when we went forth to bid farewell and they unveiled

Faces to us that are full moons and stars

غدا كُلُّ طرفٍ يستهلُّ بِدمعهِ

وكلُّ لسانٍ عن هواهُم يُترجمُ

Then every eyelid began flowing with its tears on the morrow

And every tongue translating its passion for them

فَمن ناثِرٍ منهمُ حَديثَ جُمانهِ

بَداً من سلوكِ الدَّمعِ وهوَ مُنظَّمُ

So one who scattered the pearls of his speech

Beginning to pour tears in quantity and adorned

ومن مَاسكٍ قَلباً تكادُ جُفونهُ

تبوحُ بما في الحُبِّ يخفَى ويُكتَمُ

Another who held back a heart, almost revealing

What was hidden of love and concealed

فَوصلُهُمُ ما زالَ ليَ فيهِ جَنَّةٌ

وَهجرُهمُ لاَ كانَ يَوماً جهَنَّمُ

Their company is still for me a heaven

And parting from them has never been hell