لَيَهنَكَ وافِدُ أُنسٍ سَرى

فَسَرّى وَفَصلُ سُرورٍ طَرَق

A visitor of joy arrived, traveling at night

So night traveled and the separation of delight paved the way

فَما شِئتَ مِن ماءِ وِردٍ بِهِ

أَراقَ وَمِن ثَوبِ حُسنٍ أَرَق

You desired of scented water it spilled

And from a dress of beauty it ripped

وَسَوداءَ تَدمى بِهِ مَنحَراً

كَما اِعتَرَضَ اللَيلُ تَحتَ الشَفَق

And blackness bled through it slaughtered

As the night intercepted under the sunset

وَأُقسِمُ لَو مُثِّلَت لَيلَةً

لَعِفتُ الكَرى وَاِستَطَبتُ الأَرَق

And I swear if embodied for a night

I would abandon all reason and ignore all sleeplessness

سَتَخلَعُ مِن فَروِها ضَحوَةً

سَوادَ الدُجى عَن بَياضِ الفَلَق

Dawn will strip off its fur coat

The darkness of night from the whiteness of dawn

فَيا حُسنَ خَصرٍ لَها أَحمَرٍ

وَمِئزَرِ شَحمٍ عَلَيهِ يَقَق

So oh beauty of a waist for her red

And a plump soft waistband over it sagging

وَما رَفَلَت في قَميصِ الظَلامِ

وَلا اِشتَمَلَت بِرِداءِ الغَسَق

She did not cloak herself in the shirt of darkness

Nor wrap herself in the gown of nightfall

وَلَكِن تَسيلُ عَلَيها القُلوبُ

هَوىً وَتَذوبُ عَلَيها الحَدَق

But hearts melt upon her

Infatuation and eyes dissolve upon her