ووردٍ أعارته الغواني خدودَها

وأهدى إليه المسكُ أنفاسَ مَفْتوقِهْ

A rose lent its cheeks by the beauties,

And musk gifted it the breaths of its extraction.

كأنّ الندى فيه مدامعُ عاشقٍ

أريقت غداةَ البينِ في خدّ معشوقِهْ

As if the dew in it, a lover's tears

Were shed at dawn during the beloved's separation.

يحف به من تَوْءم الروض نرجِس

تناهَى سنا مُبْيضِّهِ فوق تَخْليقه

Surrounded by narcissuses of the meadow,

Its whiteness transcended over its creation.

رأى الوردَ غضَّاً فاستهامَ بحبّه

وأطرقَ مبهوتاً وقام على سوقِه

Seeing the rose blossoming, it fell in love,

Bowed down astonished, and rose on its stalk.

أَدَرْنا كؤوس الراح في جَنباته

على حسنِ مرآه ورِقّة تورِيقِه

We passed around cups of wine by its sides,

For the beauty of its reflection and fineness of its growth.

وقام علِيلُ الطرفِ والوعدِ مُتْرَفٌ

عليمٌ بتصريف الكلامِ وتشقِيقِه

The languid-eyed stood with promise abundantly,

Skilled in conversation and jesting.

فتوّجَ يُمناه بكأسٍ رَوِيّةٍ

وقَرّط يُسْرى راحتيه بإبرِيقِه

He crowned his right with a cup of drink

And clasped his left palm with his ewer.

وصَبَّ وسقّاني مداماً كأنّها

تَلَهُّبُ خَدَّيْهِ وطيبُ جَنَى رِيقِه

He poured and served a wine as if

It sets his cheeks aflame and the fruit's sipping is sweet.

وبات يُعاطِيني حدِيثاً كأَنّما

جَنَى من جَنى الرّوضِ زَهْرَةَ تَنْمِيقه

He conversed with me through a speech as if

He picked from the garden's harvest a flower arranging.

حدِيثاً حَشاه بالوعيدِ وإِنه

لَيَعْذُب لِي والموتُ حَشْوُ تفارِيقِه

A speech lined with threats, though it

Was gentle to me while death is the stuffing of our separation.