أسدَلَ الشَّعرُ هَالةً لِلجبينِ
مَن مُعينِي عَلى الهَوى مَن مُعِينِي
My hair cascades like a halo around my forehead
Who will aid me against love? Who will aid me?
قَد سَقَى خمرةً وطَافَ بِأُخرى
مِن لحاظٍ كالباترِ المَسنُونِ
He drank one wine then switched to another
With a glance like an unsheathed sword
لَعِبت مُقلَتاه فىَّ فَهل لي
مِن دَوَاءٍ من قبلِ أن تَفقِدوني
His eyelids toyed with me, so is there
A cure for me before you lose me?
يا رِفَاقي انظروا لشحَالِ مُعَنّىً
قَد جرى طَرفُه بِدمَعٍ هَتونِ
My friends, consider my miserable state
My eyes brimmed with tears and became bleary
إن يَزُرني يَزورُ صَبّاً قَنوعاً
رَشفةٌ مِن رُضَا بِهِ تَكفِيني
If he visits me, he visits a contented youth
A sip of his affection would suffice me
أكثَرَ الشكوى مَدمَعشي من فُؤَادي
وكَفى للطَّليقِ قَيدُ السَّجينِ
My tears have wept more than my heart
And restraint suffices the freed captive
اختَفى الخَالُ عنكمُ تحتَ سُفلى
شَفَتيهِ وما اختَفَى عَن عُيُوني
The mole has vanished from you beneath
His lips though not from my eyes
قد سَكِرتُم بِجُرعَةٍ مِن فُؤَادي
وسَكِرنا برَقدَةٍ مِن جُفونِ
You were intoxicated by a sip from my heart
While we by a wink from his eyelids
يَا كَريمُ فَكُن كَريماً وَجُد عَن
نِي بِروحي ولا تَكُن بِالضَّنينِ
Oh generous one, be generous and spend
My soul on me and be not stingy
رَبِّ ما لي ولِلحِسانِ أرَاهُم
فِي طِلابي كََأنَّهم عَشِقُونِي
My Lord, why do I see them in love with me
My admirers, as if they are lovers?
قد قَدرتُم فَرَحمَةً إِن قَدَرتُم
وَبِرِفقٍ شَانَ الكِرَامِ خُذُونِي
You have decided, so be merciful if you decide
And gently take me as befits the noble
كَمَن اللِّصُّ فاحذَروا سَلبَ مَا في
ثَغرِهِ مِن عُقَيدٍ دَرٍّ ثَمينِ
Like a thief, so beware of stealing what is
In his mouth of precious pearls and gems
واعذروني إذا تَلَجلَجَ قَولي
مَن مُعِيني عَلى الهَوى مَن مُعِينِي
Forgive me if my words stammer
Who will aid me against love? Who will aid me?
فَتهامي الجَمالِ خَيرُ جَميلِ
وعُيونُ الجَميلِ خَيرُ عُيونِ
Competing beauties are the best of beauties
And the eyes of a beauty are the best eyes
