بِي مَائِسٌ مَا أعْدَلَهْ
جَلَّ الَّذِي قَدْ عَدَّلَهْ
With me is a beauty - how perfect is he!
Exalted is He who has perfected him.
فِي مقلتيهِ نرجسٌ
غَضٌّ وَلَكِنْ ذَبَّلَهْ
In his eyes are narcissi -
Pale, but he has faded them.
وَبِثَغْرِهِ شهدٌ حَلاَ
يَا مَنْ دَرَى مَنْ عَسَّلَهْ
On his lips is sweet honey -
O you who know who has sweetened him!
بَدْرٌ عَلَى غُصْنِ النَّقَا
سُبْحَانَ مولًى كَمَّلَهْ
A full moon on the branch of softness -
Glory to my Master who has completed him!
مَا جُنَّ عَارِضُ صُدْغِهِ
فَاسْألْ لِمَاذَا سَلْسَلَهْ
What is the mole on his cheek -
Ask why he has chained him.
هَلْ رَامَ تَقْبِيلَ اللَّمَى
أوْ أنْ يُرَشَّفَ سَلْسَلَهْ
Did he intend to kiss gently,
Or to have his chain jangled?
رَشَأ عُذَيْبِيُّ الْحَلاَ
يَا مَا أحَيْلَى مِقْوَلَهْ
The love-smitten spoke nonsense -
O what nonsense he has uttered!
أبْدَى الصَّبَاحَ بِمَبْسَمٍ
يَا سَعْدَ مَنْ قَدْ قَبَّلَهْ
Dawn shone with a smile -
O the joy of whoever kissed him!
وَرَوَى مُنَفّصُل حسنهِ
غُرَرَ الْمَحَاسن مُجْمَلَهْ
And he showed each detail of his beauty,
The summation of all beauty.
وَلِمُشْتَرِي حَمَلِ الهَوَى
أرْخَى الذَّوَائِبَ سُنْبُلَهْ
And for the buyer of passionate love,
He let down his tresses.
فِي شَكْلِ صَادِ عُيُونه
أضْحَتْ أمُورِي مُشْكِلَهْ
In the shape of his eyes is a snare -
My affairs have become confused.
وَبِلَثْمِ وَرْدَةِ خَدّهِ
أمْسَتْ شُجُونِي مُفْضَلَهْ
By his rosy cheek,
My passions have become preferred.
وَبِرَشْفِ كَوْثَرِ رِيقِهِ
نِيرَانُ شَوْقِي مُشْعَلَهْ
By the nectar of his saliva
The fires of my longing are ignited.
وَافَيْتُهُ أشْكُو الَّذِي
لِي في هَوَاهُ مِنَ الْوَلَهْ
I came to him complaining of her
Who is madly in love with him.
وَسَألْتُهُ فَأجَابَنِي
بِخِلاَفِ نَصّ المَسْألَهْ
And I asked him, but he answered me
Contrary to the text of the question.
رِيمٌ سَطَا بِمُهَنَّدٍ
مِنْ نَاظِرٍ مَا أقْتَلَهْ
A gazelle frolicked gracefully,
O how it kills the onlooker!
وَرَمَى بِسَهْمِ لَوَاحِظٍ
عَنْ حَاجِبٍ مَا أنْبَلَهْ
And shot the arrow of a smooth glance
From an eyebrow - how fine its shooting!
يَرْنُو فَيَخْتَلِسُ النُّفُو
سَ فلحظُه مَا أخْتَلَهْ
He smiles and steals glances -
How his gaze has stolen and confused me!
وَحليفِ عذلٍ هَالَنِي
يَا لِلْهَوَى مَالِي وَلَهْ
And the ally of my love has distracted me -
O what has my passion and infatuation done to me!
أيَرُومُ ارْشَادِي وَقَدْ
عَوَّذْتُهُ بِالْبَسْمَلَهْ
Shall I seek guidance when
I have protected him with amulets?
يَا سَائِلاً عَنْ قِصَّتِي
خُذْهَا إلَيْكَ مُفَصَّلَهْ
O questioner about my story,
Take it completely from me.
أحْشَايَ فِيهِ كُوّرَتْ
وَدُمُوعُ عَيْنِي مُرْسَلَهْ
My intestines within are withered
And my tears flow freely.
