دعاهُ لذكر الحمى مذهبٌ

وشوقٌ أقامَ فما يذهب

A longing for the memories of love called him,

And my passion remained, it does not fade,

أمصرُ سقتكِ غوادِي السرور

وجادَكِ من أفقها صيب

I insist on pouring you the valleys of joy,

And your generosity overflowed from its horizons.

ذكرتُ زمانك حيث الوِصال

وحيث الصبا طيّب طيّب

I remembered the time of union with you,

Where youth was good, so good.

وبيضُ الوجوهِ بها نجْتلي

وسودُ الشعورِ بها تسحب

The faces whitened with it brought me salvation,

And the black hair with it withdrew.

وكم قمرٍ فيكِ سافرتُ عنهُ

وعقرب أصداغه غيهب

How many moons with you did I travel away from,

And their scorpion forelocks disappeared.

فما كانَ بالسفرِ المستجاد

وقد أطلعَ القمرَ العقرب

Traveling was not in vain,

When the moon rose, the scorpion did.

وإن حفَّ بي للنوى مهلكٌ

فكم صحَّ لي باللقا مطلب

If ruin threatens me with its intent,

How often my request was fulfilled by the meeting.

وإن طمعت في ليالي الحمى

منايَ فكم قد فشا أشعب

If I hoped for nights of memories,

My wishes overflowed in many ways.

وقد يحسب المرءُ ما فاته

فيأتيه أضعافُ ما يحسب

One may account for what escapes him,

Yet multiples of that may come to him.

لعمركَ ما الصبحِ بالمستنير

وقد فاتني ذلكَ المغرب

By your life, the dawn is not illuminated,

For I have missed that sunset.

عسى خبرٌ من كتاب الشهاب

يخبرُ عنها بما أرقب

Hopefully news from the book of meteors,

Will tell me what I await.