مُبِينَ الحُسْنِ مُخْفِي الفَرْقَدَيْنِ
مَتَى تَقْضِي بِلَثْمِ الفَرْقِ دَيْنِي
Revealer of beauty, concealer of two moles,
When will you fulfill my debt with a kiss between the moles?
وَأرْشُفُ كَأسَ مبسمكَ المُفَدَّى
وَأقطِفُ وَرْدَ تِلْكَ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ
I savored the cup of your sweet smile,
And plucked the rose of your two gardens.
وَأهْصِرُ غُصْنَ قَامَتِكَ الْمُوَقَّى
مِنَ التَّشْبِيهِ بِالرُّمْحِ الرُّدَيْنِي
I bent the branch of your shapely stature,
Likened to a slim, bending spear.
فَدَيْتُكَ يَا شَقِيقَ الحُورِ إنِّي
جَعَلْتُكَ فِي الْهَوَى إنْسَانَ عَيْنِي
I sacrificed myself for you, oh cheeky Houri,
I made you the human of my eye's passion.
فَلِمْ حَرَّكْتَ يَا سَكَنِي سُكُونِي
إلَى تَلَفٍ يُبَيَّنُ بَعْدَ بَيْنِ
So why did you stir, oh my peace, my tranquility,
To a clear separation after closeness?
وَخَالَفْتَ الَقِيَاسَ بِكَسْرِ قَلْبِي
عَلَى عَدَمِ الْتِقَاءِ السَّاكِنَيْنِ
You broke convention by breaking my heart,
Despite the rule against joining two quiescents.
لِعَامِلِ مقلتيكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِي
تَعَادِي العَامِلَيْنِ الْمَاضِيَيْنِ
Due to your glance's influence on my heart,
Opposing the two preceding agents.
وَفِي عِطْفَيْكَ حَارَ الطَّرْفُ لما
هَزَزْتَ الأعْزَلَيْنِ الرَّامِحَيْنِ
In your side-glance, the eye was confused when
You shook the two slender, thrusting spears.
وَفِي خَدَّيْكَ صَاغَ الحُسْنُ لاَمًا
عَلَى لَوْحَيْنِ مِنْ وَرَقٍ وَعَيْنِ
And in your cheek, beauty crafted a lam,
On two panels of paper and eye.
وصحَّح نُقْطَتَيْ خَالَيْكَ لَمَّا
رَأى خَطَّ اسْتَوَاءِ العَارِضَيْنِ
It corrected the two dots of your moles when
It saw the line of leveling of the two brows.
فخِلْت مُهَنْدِسَا قَدْ خَطَّ شَكْلاً
عَلَى تَرْبِيعِ سَطْحِ النُّقْطَتَيْنِ
So I imagined an architect who drew a shape
On squaring the surface of the two dots.
وَأعْجَمَ بَعْدَ نَقْطِ اللاَّمِ حُسْنًا
بِمِسْكِ الخَالِ نُونَ الحَاجِبَيْنِ
And it obscurely crafted after the lam dot, beauty
With the musk of the mole, the nun of the two brows.
أمَا وَعِذَارِ خَدّكَ يَا حَبِيبِي
وَرَشْفِ رضَابِ كَاسِ المِرْشَفَيْنِ
By the excuse of your cheek, my love,
And the sipping of the cup of the two sipped.
لَئِنْ نُسِبَ القَوَامُ إلَى رَشِيقٍ
فَقَدْ نُسِبَ المُحَيَّا لِلْحُسَيْنِ
If posture was attributed to a graceful one,
Shyness was attributed to the beautiful.
وَإنْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى جَنْبَيْ فُؤَادِي
فَقَدْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى فِي الخَافِقَيْنِ
If passion resided in the sides of my heart,
Passion resided in the two pulsating ones.
وَإنْ هَجَرَ الكَرَى وَالصبْرُ فَاكْتُبْ
تَوَارِيخَ اللِّقَا بِالهِجْرَتَيْنِ
And if intimacy and patience have deserted, then write
The dates of meeting with the two partings.
وَبِي رَشَأ رَشِيقَ القَدّ أحْوَى
رقيمَ الْخَدّ سَاجي المُقْلَتَيْنِ
In me is an inclination to the shapely, slender one
Cheeky, bright-faced, languid eyed.
شَنِيبَ الثغر بدريَّ المُحَيَّا
هضيمَ الكَشْحِ وَافِي المَعْطِفَيْنِ
Thick lipped, full mooned, dimpled cheeked,
Broad shouldered, double layered cloak.
رسُولَ ملاَحةٍ يَدْعُو فُؤَادِي
بِآيَةِ نَاظِرَيْهِ السَّاحِرَيْنِ
Messenger of a glance, calling my heart
With the verse of his two enchanting eyes.
بَدَا وَرَنَا وَمَاسَ فَقُلْ هلاَلٌ
عَلَى غُصْنٍ تَقَلَّدَ مُرْهَفَيْنِ
He appeared, shone, and winked, so say a crescent
Hanging on a branch, wearing two earrings.
بِسَالِفِ وَعْدِهِ وَالصُّدْغِ أضْحَى
يُمَاطِلُ بِامْتِنَاعِ السَّالِفَيْنِ
With his previous promise and cheek, he came to
Procrastinate with abstinence from the two precedents.
وَيَعْطِفُنِي بِوَاوَيْ سَالفَيه
عَلَى حُكْمِ اتِّبَاعِ السَّالِنَيْسِ
And he continues me with his two preceding clauses
By the rule of following the two precedents.
يَكَادُ الوَهْمُ يجرحُ مِنْهُ خدًّا
حَمَاهُ بِحَاجِبَيْنِ وَنَاظِرَيْنِ
Fancy almost wounds a cheek from him
Protected by two eyebrows and two eyes.
وَصَانَ سَنَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ حَسُودٍ
مَخَافَةَ نَاظِرَيْهِ الشَّامِتَيْنِ
And it protected his brilliance from the eyes of enviers
Fearing his two gloating eyes.
فَأبْدَى شَامَتَيْنِ لِشَامِتِيهِ
رقيقُ الشامَتَين بِشَامِتَيْنِ
So he revealed two gloats to his gloaters
Delicate of waist, free of glance, it showed us
رقيقُ الخَصرِ حُرُّ العِطفِ أبْدَتْ
رَوَادِفُهُ لَنَا جَبَلَيْ حُنَيْنِ
Its accompanying mountains of Hunayn.
And about it the down of his cheek grows
وَعَنْ فِيهِ نَبَاتُ الْخَدّ يَرْوِي
حَدِيث السُّكَّرَيْنِ المُسْكِرَيْنِ
Narrating the tale of the two intoxicants.
He bent his cheek into his cheek so that
لَوَى صُدْغَيْهِ فِي خَدَّيْهِ كَيْمَا
يُذكِّرنِي اللِّوَى وَالرَّقْمَتَيْنِ
It reminds me of the bending and the two dots.
And beneath the carnelian of his sipper it showed us
وَتَحْتَ عَقِيقِ مِرْشَفِهِ أرَانَا
عُذَيْبَ نَقَا ثَنَايَا الأبْرَقَيْنِ
The wolf's gap between the folds of the two calves.
A full moon appeared in Hunayn,
وَلاَحَ بِبَدْرِ وَجْهٍِ فِي حُنَيْنٍ
وَهَلْ أبصرت بَدْراً فِي حُنَيْنِ
And have you seen a full moon in Hunayn?
And it sweetened his temple with the jewelry of a mole,
وَحَلَّى جِيدَهُ بِحُلِيّ خَالٍ
وَمَا أحْلَى الزُّمُرُّدَ فِي اللَّجَيْنِ
And how sweet is emerald between the two stags.
And it matched the sun of his cheek with a cup,
وَقَارَنَ شَمْسَ خَدَّيْهِ بِكَأسٍ
وَمَا أبْهَى اقْتِرَانَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ
And how splendid is the pairing of the two luminaries!
I seek refuge for his smooth forehead, beautiful
أعوذ جبينَه المجلوَّ حسنا
برب الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ الْمُشْرِقَيْنِ
By the Lord of the two easts, the two shining easts.
And I hope for the sipping of the sipper of his two lips,
وَأرْجُو رشفَ رِيقَةِ مِرْشَفَيْهِ
وَمَنْ لِي بِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَتَيْنِ
And who do I have with purity and the two virtues?
