وَأَغيَدٍ حُلوِ اللِمى أَملَدٍ
يُذكى عَلى وَجنَتِهِ الجَمرُ
And a graceful, supple youth with sweet, dusk-dark lips,
kindles embers upon his cheeks.
بِتُّ أُناجيهِ وَلا ريبَةٌ
تَعلَقُ بي فيهِ وَلا وِزرُ
I spent the night in intimate converse with him; no suspicion
concerning him clung to me, nor any sin.
وَاللَيلُ سِترٌ دونَنا مُرسَلٌ
قَد طَرَّزَتهُ أَنجُمٌ حُمرُ
And night was a curtain let down between us,
embroidered by crimson stars.
أَبكي وَيَشجيني فَفي وَجنَتي
ماءٌ في وَجنَتِهِ خَمرُ
I weep, and he moves me to sorrow: upon my cheek
is water; upon his cheeks, wine.
وَأَقرَأُ الحُسنَ بِهِ سورَةٌ
كانَ لَها مِن وَجهِهِ عَشرُ
And in him I read Beauty as a sura
whose ten verses came from his face.
وَباتَ يَسقيني تَحتَ الدُجى
مَشمولَةً يَمزُجُها القَطرُ
All night he gave me drink beneath the darkness:
north-wind-chilled wine that the rain mingled.
وَاِبتَسَمَت عَن وَجهِهِ لَيلَةٌ
كَأَنَّهُ في وَجهِها ثَغرُ
And Night smiled, baring his face,
as though he were the smiling mouth in hers.
Sol 5.6