هل في اللحاظِ كنائنٌ وصِفاحث

أم هَزَّتِ السُّمرَ القُدودش رماحُ

Is there in the cheek's softness doves and partridges,

Or did the slender waisted one pierce me with spears?

لو لمَ يكُن لكَ ذاكَ ما أصبحنَ في

كَبدي لهنَّ مواقعٌ وجِراحُ

Had it not been for what was in my liver because of you,

They would have places and wounds there.

ما للجفونِ الفاتراتِ لحِاظُها

تيَّمنَني مرضَى وهنَّ صحاحُ

Why do their languid eyelids give me shelter?

I am sickened while they are in good health.

أفسدنَ يوم سويقةٍ لبِّي فما

يُرجَى لِما أفسدنَهُ إِصلاحُ

They ruined a day of intimacy with me so there is no

Hope of mending what they ruined.

إنَّ الصَّرائم ب الصَّريم عَرضنني

ولهنَّ في ذاكَ الَمراحِ مِزاحُ

Pretty women have exposed me to ignominy,

And they make fun of me for that reason.

وممنَّعِ صعبِ المرامِ وصالُه

إعراضُه لي والصُّدودُ مُباحُ

And it is easy for the aloof beloved to scorn me,

While shunning me is permissible.

عُلِّقتُه شَجناً وفيه قطيعةٌ

وألفتُهُ سَكناً وفيه جِماحُ

I clung to him full of yearning while he abandoned me,

And I was close to him while he avoided me.

تَرفٌ تظُنُّ قَوامَه ريحانةً

كلٌّ إلى أرجائها يَرتاحُ

It is a conceit which you'd think smells sweet,

While each one takes comfort in its corners.

أحوى أغنُّ كأنَّ فاحمَ شَعرهِ

ليلٌ تَلاهُ من الجَبينِ صَباحُ

I pretend to be happy while his hair's separation

From me is a night followed by dawn.

نُوحوا عليَّ بني الصَّبابةِ واندبُوا

حُزناً فمثلي من عليهِ يُناحُ

Cry over me, O youths, and mourn me,

For one like me deserves to be wept over.

أقوى الِحمَى من ساكنيهِ وكانَ لي

مَغدىً على أكنافِه ومَراحُ

Fever intensified on its inhabitants and my

Pillow and couch were over its sides.

بانُوا فلا مرُّ النَّسيم ببانهِ

غَضٌّ ولا ماءُ العُذَيبِ قَراحُ

They were hidden so neither the breeze passes by their abode,

Green, nor is the water of Uthayb cool.