النورُ نور اِبتسام

فاِنظر إِلى زَهَراتِهِ

The light is the light of a smile

So look at its flowers

إِذا دموع الغَواني

جرت عَلى رَوضاتِهِ

When the tears of the lovesick

Flow down its meadows

وَقَد يَغني الحمام

بالفصح من نَغَماتِهِ

And the pigeon sings

During Easter from its melodies

طَيرٌ يَهدل

وَغَيثٌ يهطل

A bird chirps

And rain pours down

من الأَيّام

يُصبي إِلى لَذاتِهِ

From the days

It pours down to its pleasures

ينشر الاثام

عَليَّ من حَسَناتِهِ

It spreads sins

Upon me from its virtues

مذ غلام

الحسن بعض صِفاتَهِ

Since I was a boy

Beauty is part of its traits

بَدرٌ أُكمِل

وَيَومٌ مُقبِل

The full moon has risen

And a new day has come

فَدَع طَويل المَلام

فَلَيسَ مِن أَوقاتِهِ

So stop prolonged blaming

For it is not of its times

وانظر طَريف القَوام

يَهتَزُّ في خَطراتِهِ

And look at the slender, erect stature

Trembling in its movements

ما شَديدُ الضَرام

يَجولُ في وَجَناتِهِ

What a severe thinness

Wandering in its gardens

راح سَلسل

حَماها أَكحل

A loose chain

Protected by kohl

ما الوَردُ في الاَكمام

يُصانُ غَضُّ نَباتِهِ

The rose in veils

Is protected, its budding untouched

وَالتسام

يَصُدُّ عَن نَظراتِهِ

And coyness

Wards off looks from it

فَيا جَميع الأَنام

قوموا اِنظُروا لصِفاتِهِ

So O people

Stand up and look at its traits

رَوضٌ مُخضَل

لِرائيهِ يُذَل

A greened garden

For its viewer to be humbled

فقل لِبَدر التَمام

يَختال بَينَ لداتِهِ

So say to the full moon

Strutting between its curves

يا حامِلاً لِلحُسام

غُنيتَ عَنه فَهاتِه

O carrier of the sword

You are needless of it, so take it

في مُقلَتيك حسام

يُغنيك َن سَلاتِه

In your sheath is a sword

That will suffice you from its rapier

بَل يَقتُل

فَماذا المنصل

Rather it kills

So what is the sword for

وَباخِلٍ بِالكَلام

ما البُخل من عاداته

And one who is stingy with words

Stinginess is not of his traits

عَلى حَليفِ سَقام

قَد ذابَ مِن زَفَراتِه

For a friend in sickness

He has melted from his sighs

يَكفيهِ مِنكَ سَلام

يَشفيهِ مِن عِلّاتِهِ

It is enough for him from you - greetings

That will heal him from his ailments

حِبٌّ يَبخَل

وَحُبٌّ يُنحل

A love that is stingy

And a love that melts away

لَو أَنَّ غير الغَرام

أَصبحتَ في قَبَضاتِهِ

If it were not for passion

You would have fallen into its grip

أَجاري ذو اِنتِقام

مُنكل بِعداتِه

A vindictive slave

Attacking with his transgressions

طَلائِع الابتسام

عند النَدى لعُفاتِه

The vanguards of smiles

When dew descends for its chastity

صَدٌّ يجدِّل

وَعَبدٌ يُجَذِّل

Prevention that demeans

And a slave that humiliates

مِنكَ مُلوك الأَنام

تَرجو وصولَ صِلاتِهِ

You, kings of people

Hope for the arrival of its prayers

بَحرٌ مِن الدُرِّ طام

الدُرُّ بَعضُ هِباتِهِ

A sea of pearls gathered

The pearls are some of its gifts

فان سَطا فالحَمام

يَلقاكَ مِن سَطواتِه

So if he extends, the pigeons

Will meet you from its extensions

غَيثٌ مُسبِل

وَلَيثٌ مُشبِل

Rain pouring down

And a lion baring its teeth

أَضحى كَفيلَ الامام

وَكاشِفاً غُمّاتِه

Has become the guarantor of the leader

And the uncoverer of its sorrows

فَما لَهُ مِن مُسام

يَجري إِلى غاياتِه

So what orifice does it have

To flow to its goals

لا يَهتَدي إِلّا وَهام

للشيء ما لَم يأَتِه

It does not get guided except when infatuated

To something when it has not come to it

طبٌ حوَّل

نِعمَ مَن تكفل

A medicine that transforms

Blessed is he who undertakes