أنا من عينيكِ نشوانُ

ومُدامُ الطرفِ ألوانُ

I am intoxicated by your eyes,

The apple of my eyes, colors so sweet.

يا قضيباً كلُّ زاهرةٍ

واجهَتْنا منه بستانُ

O branches all in flower whenever we faced,

Before us was an orchard like heaven.

وجنةٌ كالجلّنارِ لها

من ثِمارِ الصدرِ رُمّانُ

A paradise it seemed with fruits,

Pomegranates on the bosom, pleasures replete.

بأبي أفديكِ مالكةً

عبدُها في الخُلْدِ رَضوانُ

By my father I'd sacrifice all to you,

His slave in eternity, joy complete.

جيّشَتْ من حُسنها وبدَتْ

وهي دامَ المُلْكُ سُلطانُ

In your beauty you shone as you came into view,

Yours the kingdom forever absolute.

وسُيوفُ اللحظِ مخبرةٌ

إنما الأجفانَ أجفانُ

Swords those glances that make clear,

Only the eyelids veil their keen acuity.

حرّبي يا رمحُ قامتَها

ذا سنانٌ منك وسَنانُ

Trouble me, O lance, her form held high,

With your point and edge so fine.

وا بلائي من مُخدّرةٍ

دونَها سورٌ وجُدْرانُ

Woe to me from her intoxicating being!

Around her, wall and battlement.

وأُسودٍ خافَ سطوَتَها

كلّما حازَتْهُ خَفانُ

Lions that fear her might,

When she takes them they're defanged.

ورقيبٍ لو يلاحظُها

لتثنّى وهْو غَيرانُ

A sentry, if he saw her passing by,

Would melt though now in rage.

خضتُ بحرَ الهولِ أطلبُها

درّةً والبحرُ طوفانُ

I dared the sea of awe to find her -

Pearl while the sea a whirlpool churned.

فأعانَ السعدُ واتّفقَتْ

وسعودُ المرءِ أعوانُ

Fortune helped and all aligned,

For a man, his friends are fortune's guide.

فبكفّي أيُّ لؤلؤةٍ

ما لَها في الدُرِّ أثمانُ

In my palm what pearl can there be

That matches her in all world so wide?

قل لعذّالي فلا حَضَروا

ولحُسّادي فلا كانوا

Say to those who blame me, no matter their role,

And those envious that plot and connive -

كلُّ يومٍ لي بها ولكَمْ

في تصاريفِ الرّدى شانُ

Each day with her is mine, no matter life's shape,

In the cycles of fate, honor and drive.