حَسُنَتْ بك الأيّامُ حتى خِلتُها

دُرّاً أضاء على ترائب كاعب

The days have been good to you, so much so that they are no more

Like pearls that shone on the gowns of a playful girl

فغدَتْ بك الأحداثُ غير صَوائبٍ

وارتدّت الآمالُ غيرَ خوائب

Through you events turned out unlike misfortunes

And hopes returned unlike disappointments

تَسْرِي حلومُك للذّنوب فتَنْمحي

ويَبيتُ جودُك طالباً للطالب

Your forgiveness flows to sins and obliterates them

While your generosity spends the night seeking the needy

جعلَ الغرامَ عليه ضَرْبةَ لازِبٍ

والشوقَ يوم البين أغلبَ غالب

Passion has inflicted incurable wounds

And longing on the day of separation has overcome the most resilient

فجفونُه في عارِضٍ من دمعه

وفؤادُه في جَاحِمٍ مُتَلاهِب

So his eyelids flow with tears

And his heart burns with towering flames

ما كان أهون عِيسهم يومَ النَّوى

لو لم تَسرْ بهوادجٍ وكواعب

Their trysting day would not have been so hard on them

Had it not been for the cajoling and flirting of maidens

هنّ الغصونُ الغِيدُ غير نوابتٍ

وشموسُ يوم الدَّجْن غير غَواربِ

Alluring are the bending branches devoid of fruit

And the suns of the thickets devoid of clouds

لو لم يُكَدِّرْ حسنُهنّ بعاذلٍ

لاحٍ وواشٍ كاشح ومُرَاقب

Had their beauty not been marred by a critic

Spying, delving, watching and observing

لم تَحْمِل الكُثبانُ قضباناً ولا

لاحتْ بدورُ التِّمّ تحت جلابِب

The sand dunes would not have been covered by twigs

Nor would the full moons have shone under the veils

ذهبوا فمَا الشوق الملمّ بذاهب

لا لا ولا الصّبرُ البعيدُ بآئب

They left and longing still clings to the one who left

No, no and the remote patience is not consoled