إنْ أنْكَرَتْ قَتْلِي ظُبَي مُقْلَتَيْكَ

فَلِي دَمٌ يَشْهَدُ فِي وَجْنَتَيْكْ

If my doe-eyed beloved denies she killed me,

My blood bears witness on her cheeks.

يَا سَالِبَ الأرْوَاحِ فِي حُبِّهِ

هَيْهَاتَ يَنْجُو أحَدٌ مِنْ يَدَيْكْ

O you who takes lives when loving,

Alas, none escapes your hands.

جَرَّدْتَ فِي الأجْفَانِ بِيضًا كَمَا

هَزَزْتَ سُمْرَ الخَطّ مِنْ مَعْطِفَيْكْ

You have bared white swords in the eyelids

And shook the braids of your hair.

وَأرْسَلَتْ عَيْنَاكَ لِي أسْهُمًا

قَدْ فَوَّقَتْهَا القَوْسُ مِنْ حَاجِبَيْكْ

Your eyes sent me arrows

Fitted by a bow of your eyebrows.

يَا وَجْنَةَ الوَرْدِ وَجِيدَ المَهَا

مَنْ أنْبَتَ الرَّيْحَانَ فِي عَارِضَيْكْ

O garden of roses and smooth cheeks,

Who planted the basil on your temples?

وَيَا مُحَيَّا الشَّمْسِ مَنْ تَوَّجَ الْ

يَاقُوتَ بِالْعَنْبَرِ مِنْ شَامَتَيْك

O you who vitalizes the sun, who crowned

Rubies with amber on your moles?

وَيَا رَشًا يَزْوَرُّ عَنْ ضَيْغَمٍ

مَنْ ذَا أجَالَ السحرَ فِي نَاظِرَيْكْ

O magic that triumphs over spells,

Who cast that sorcery in your eyes?

حَتَّامَ لاَ تَلْوِي عَلَى مَنْ يَرَى

أنَّ النَقَا تَحْتَ لِوَى سَالِفَيْكْ

Hatim, do not blame those who see

The stars submit to your wrists.

أوْدَى بِهِ السقم فَهَلْ تَشْفِهِ

فَإنَّمَا الرَّاحَةُ فِي رَاحَتَيْكْ

Sickness has worn him out. Can you heal him?

For comfort lies only in your peace.

وَمَاتَ فِي الحُبّ وَلاَ مُنْعِشٌ

إلاّ ارْتشَاف الرَّاحِ من مَرْشِفَيْكْ

He died of love, none can revive him,

Except to sip the wind from your drink.

إنْ شِئْتَ عَذّبْ أوْ فَنَعِّمْ رِضًى

فَالنَّارُ وَالجَنَّةُ فِي وَجْنَتَيْكْ

If you wish, torment or be kind,

For hell and heaven lie in your cheeks.

أوْ شِئْتَ عَافِ أوْ فَزِدْ فِي ضَنًى

فالسقم وَالصحّة فِي مُقْلَتَيْكْ

If you wish, heal or add to his woes,

For sickness and health lie in your eyes.

بِاللَّهِ هَلْ يَرْجُو أخُو صَبْوَةٍ

خَلاَصَ قَلْبِ وَهْوَ رَهْنٌ لَدَيْكْ

By God, can a love-sick heart hope

For freedom while hostage to you?

أجْرَى لَكَ الدَّمْعَ سَبِيلاً كَمَا

قَدْ حَبَّسَ الأحشَاءَ طوعاً عَلَيْكْ

He let tears flow like water to you,

And willingly dammed his soul for your sake.