وَقَوراءَ بَيضاءِ المَحاسِنِ طَلقَةٍ

لَبِستُ بِها اللَيلَ البَهيمَ نَهارا

With a radiant white beauty I wore the ignorant night as day

Dawn sprinkles its shirt's light upon her

يَزُرُّ عَلَيها الصُبحُ نوراً قَميصَهُ

وَقَد لَبِسَ الجَوُّ الظَلامَ صِدارا

While the sky has worn darkness as a breastplate

I shook off coats for the slender boughs

هَزَزتُ لِأَغصانِ القُدودِ مَعاطِفاً

بِها وَلِرُمّانِ النُهودِ ثِمارا

And fruits for the gently swaying pomegranates

As drinks for days there that shortened

فَسَقياً لِأَيّامٍ هُناكَ تَقَلَّصَت

ذُيولاً عَلى حُكمِ الشَبابِ قِصارا

Their trains according to the rule of youth being brief

Whenever I wish, a necklace and anklet will sing to me

إِذا شِئتُ غَنّاني وِشاحٌ وَحِليَةٌ

لَحَسناءَ غَصَّت دُملُجاً وَسِوارا

For a beautiful one who wore a head wrap and bracelet

She is the gazelle of a squinting and languorous glance

هِيَ الظَبيُ طَرفاً أَحوَراً وَمَلاحِظاً

مِراضاً وَجيداً أَتلَعاً وَنِفارا

Pleasing, with a supple neck and shyly retreating

She poured out on the shoulder’s slope a softness

أَفاضَت عَلى عِطفِ القَضيبِ مُلاءَةً

وَلَفَّت عَلى ظَهرِ الكَثيبِ إِزارا

And wrapped around the hill’s back a waistband

She lived after cup meeting cup I passed around

حَيَّت بِآسٍ إِثرَ كاسٍ تُديرُها

فَقَبَّلتُ جيداً مِنهُما وَعِذارا

So I kissed her cheek and the nectar of her mouth