لهفي على غادةٍ إذا أسفَرتْ

غارَتْ وجوهُ الشموس واستترتْ

My longing for Ghada when dawn breaks

The faces of suns were jealous and hid

لها من السمر قامةٌ خطرَتْ

كم قتلت عاشقاً وكم أسرَتْ

She has a slender figure made of ambergris

How many lovers has she killed and captured

إذا دعت للنهوضِ ميلها عطفا

كانَ سحر الجفون حملها ضعفا

If she leaned her side to get up

The magic of her eyelids was her only weakness

في خدِّها شامةٌ معنبرةٌ

يا نعمةٌ بالشقيق مزهرةٌ

On her cheek a speckled moles

What a blessing dotted with beauty

وكم لها في الشفاهِ جوهرةٌ

تحفُّها ريقةٌ معطَّرةٌ

And how many pearls in her lips

Adorned with scented saliva

من رامَ بالشهدِ أن يمثلها رشفا

فإنَّما رامَ أن يعسّلها وَصفا

Whoever tries to describe her sips honey

Only aims to sweeten her attributes

تحكم في الناس عنسه وردا

حكم ابن أيوب في سطاً وندا

She rules people gently like a rose

The rule of Ibn Ayyoub fairly and generously

بين عفاةٍ له وبين عدا

ما يدٌ سمِّيت لديه يدا

Between those who obey him and those who disobey

No hand called against him a hand

وهيَ غمامٌ لمن تأمَّلها وطفا

سبحان من للعبادِ أرسلها لطفا

She is a cloud for whoever contemplated her kindly

Glory to Him who sent her to people kindly

مؤيّدٌ في مُلا مراتبهِ

يتَّضح الملك في مناقبهِ

Supported in his full power

The kingship shows in his virtues

إذا طوى الأرض في كتائبِهِ

ثمَّ سقاها حيا مواهبهِ

When he gathered troops on earth

Then revived it alive with his gifts

أنبت أزهارها ودللها قطفا

من بعد ما كادَ أن يزلزلها خسفا

Growing its flowers and picking them gently

After almost shaking and sinking it

وغادة جاد سحر مقلتها

وراقَ للناسِ روض طلعتها

And Ghada the magic of her glances

And the meadow of her appearance delighted people

جنيتُ نارَ الأسى بجنَّتها

وصُحت من صبوتي بوجنتها

I gathered the fire of sorrow in her paradise

And my cries recovered in her paradise

وجنَّة وردٍ تشكو النفوسُ لها لهفا

بياضُ م شمَّلها وقبَّلها ألفا

A paradise of roses that souls long for her

Its whiteness embraced and kissed her frequently