هاجَ لي مِنكَ هاجِسُ
فاِعترتني الوساوِسُ
A longing from you has disturbed me,
And so suspicions have overcome me.
ما دَرى بي وَقَد جُنِنـ
ـت بِكُم مَن أُجالِسُ
None who associate with me know,
How crazed I've become for you.
إِذ بَدا بارِقُ الغوَيـ
ـــرخَفيّاً يُحالِسُ
When the deceiving lightning flashed,
Speaking softly, entertaining,
مُذكِراً لي يَومَ النَوى
ما تكِنُ الكَنائِسُ
Reminding me of the day of passion -
No churches could contain it.
وَحَشَت لَوعَةً حشايَ
الدِيارُ البَسابِسُ
A burning yearning has laid waste
To the adorned dwellings.
مُقفِراتٍ بِها الوحوشُـ
ــــفَبادٍ وَكانِس
Deserted, with only beasts inside -
Ruined and forsaken.
يا وُحوشاً نَوافِراً
أَمِنِ الأُنسِ الأَوانِسُ
O fleeing gazelles,
Far from friendly gatherings!
يا رَفيقي المُساعِديـ
ـوَالنَديمُ المُؤانِسُ
O my companion, my confidante,
My intimate, entertaining friend!
أَحبِس العيَس ساعَةً
لي عَلى الرُبعِ حابِسُ
Restrain the stallion awhile
For me, in the meadow, a detainer -
دارِسٌ كانَ في رُباهُـ
ــــــمَدارِسُ
A stud he was, in his stable -
Of pedigree stock.
قاتِلي النافِرُ الَّذي
هُوَ بالصَدِّ انِسُ
The hater who flees me
Is intimate with rejection.
وَسُهادٌ مِن مُقلة
طَرفُها الدَهر ناعِسُ
Pillows of eyeliner,
Whose edge the ages have slept on.
وَغَزالٌ لَهُ الأُسودُ
الضَواري فَرايسُ
A doe, whom the predators
Make into titbits.
بَدرُ تِمٍّ عَلا عَلى
غُصنٍ وَهوَ مائِس
A full moon risen
On a branch, fulfilled.
هُوَ في الأَمنِ جَنَّةٌ
وَهوَ في الرَوعِ فارِس
He's safe, a heaven,
And dangerous, a knight.
مِن بَني التُركِ أَدَّبتهُ
أَدَّبتهُ وَربَّتهُ فارِسُ
Of Turkish stock I trained him,
Trained him and nurtured him, a horseman.
وَعَلى وَردِ خَدِّه مِن
شَبا اللَحظِ حارِسُ
The flower of his cheek guards
The glances of passionate eyes.
قَد حَماهُ فَلَم يَنَل
بِنَظرَةٍ مِنهُ بائِسُ
He's protected, so that no miserable one
Could harm him with their gaze.
أَنا مِن شَمّ ما
عَلَيهِ مِن الآسِ آيسُ
I despair any medicine
Could cure the pain he's in.
يا بَديعاً فَرد
وَفيهِ تُكايــــــــــسُ
O wondrous perfection, unique one -
In him my hopes reside!
لامَ في خَلعي العِذارَ
عَلَيكَ المُنافِسُ
No blame in shedding my chastity,
For you, my rival.
أَبَداً يَخلَعُ المُتَيَّمُـ
ـما الخَدُّ لابِسُ
The lovesick will never shed
What the cheek wears.
