قلبي من الضيق ممَّا ضمَّ قَرْقَرُها

يحوي افتتاناً بما يحويه مِئزرُها

My heart is suffocated by the clinking of her anklet

It harbors fascination with what is hidden by her wrap

راقتْ محاسنها عيناً أراق دماً

بعد الدموع حذارَ البين مَحْجِرُها

Her beauty pleased an eye that shed blood

After tears, beware the separation of her eyelids

غرَّاءُ غُصَّتْ بما فيها دَمالجها

كما شكا قَلقاً بالقُلب قَرقرُها

The smoothness of her cheek complains of what is in it

As the heart complains of restlessness due to her ankle bell

معسولةُ الريق يحكي طيبَ نكهتها

بعد الكرى وغُؤُورِ النجم مَنْشَرُها

The sweetness of her saliva tells of the goodness of its taste

After sorrow and the disappearance of stars at dawn

غُصنٌ رطيبٌ أعالي خَلقها ونقا

تحت النطاق إذا تهتَزُّ يَبهرها

A soft branch, the heights of her creation and purity

When her waist sways, it dazzles those who look upon her

ماء الشباب بخدَّيها إذا سَفَرتْ

جرت به الرَّاح حتى أنت تُبصرها

The water of youth on her cheeks when she travels

The wind makes it flow so that you can see it

يقول لي الناس إذ مال الوُشاةُ بها

عنّي وغيَّرها بعدي مُغيِّرُها

People tell me when the slanderers speak ill of her

And change her after me, her changer

عليك بالهجر علَّ الهجرَ يُرجعها

إلى الوصال ولا أسطيع أهجرها

Insist on estrangement, perhaps estrangement will return her

To affection, though I cannot estrange her

وكيف أهجر من نفسي مُعلّقةٌ

بذكره وهو ناسٍ ليس يذكرها

How can I estrange one whose soul

Is attached to the memory of me, though I do not remember her?

ومن عجائب ما يُبلَى المحِب به

أنّي على ذاك أرجوها وأحذَرها

Among the wonders the lover is worn down by

Is that I hope for her and fear her