وَلَمّا تَبَدّى الصُبحُ في أَثَرِ الفَجرِ

وَسارَ الدُجى عَنّا بِأَنجُمِهِ الزُهرِ

When dawn appeared in the wake of daybreak,

And darkness withdrew from us with its bright stars,

عَدَلتُ إِلى الحَمّامِ عَن مَنهَجِ الكَرى

وَجِئتُ إِلَيهِ هارِباً مِن يَدِ السَكَرِ

I headed to the baths, leaving the path of worries,

And came to it fleeing the grip of drunkenness.

فَأَبصَرتث فيهِ شادِناً كانَ جِسمُهُ

أَرَقَّ مِنَ الماءِ الَّذي فَوقَهُ يَجري

There I saw a young man whose body

Was more delicate than the water flowing over him.

لَهُ عَرَقٌ في وَجنَتَيهِ كَأَنَّهُ

نَدىً فَوقَ وَردٍ أَو حَبابٌ عَلى خَمرِ

He had sweat on his cheeks that looked

Like dew above a rose or bubbles on wine.

فَكُنتُ كَأَنّي في السَماءِ أَتَيتُها

وَقَد نَثَرَت مِنها النُجومُ عَلى البَدرِ

I was as if in heaven I had reached

Where stars were scattered over the full moon.