قَد بَعَثناهُ يَنفَعُ الأَعضاءَ

حينَ يَجلو بِلُطفِهِ السَخناءَ

We have sent it to benefit the limbs

When its gentleness clears the heat

جاءَ يُزهى بِمُستَشَفٍّ رَقيقٍ

يَخدَعُ العَينَ رِقَّةً وَصَفاءَ

It came adorned with delicate hospital

Deceiving the eye with softness and purity

تَنفِذُ العَينُ مِنهُ في ظَرفِ نورٍ

مَلَأَتهُ أَيدي الشُموسِ ضِياءَ

The eye penetrates it in a fold of light

Filled by the hands of suns with radiance

أَكسَبَتهُ الأَيّامُ بَردَ هَواءٍ

فَهُوَ جِسمٌ قَد صيغَ ناراً وَماءَ

The days have given it the coolness of air

So it is a body molded of fire and water

مَنظَرٌ يُبهِجَ القُلوبَ وَطَعمٌ

تَشكُرُ النَفسُ عَهدُهُ اِستِمراءَ

A view that gladdens hearts and a taste

That the soul thanks for its continuity

لَذَّةُ الوَصلِ نالَهُ بَعدَ يَأسٍ

كَلِفٌ طالَما تَشَكّى الجَفاءَ

The pleasure of connection reached him after despair

A companion who long complained of estrangement

يَفضَحُ الشَهدَ طَعمُهُ كُلَّما قي

سَ إِلَيهِ وَيُخجِلُ الصَهباءَ

Its taste shames honey whenever it inclines

Towards it and puts saffron to shame

فَضَلَ السابِقَ المُقَدَّمَ في النُض

جِ فَأَزرى بِطَعمِهِ إِزراءَ

It excelled what was presented first in purity

So I looked down on their taste with contempt

غَيرَ أَنّي بَعَثتُ هَذا غِذاءً

يَشتَهيهِ الفَتى وَذاكَ دَواءَ

Except that I sent this as food

That the young man desires and that is medicine

مُلطِفٌ يُبرِدُ المَزاجَ إِذا

جاشَ اِلتِهاباً وَيَقمَعُ الصَفراءَ

A soother that cools the temperament when

It boils with inflammation and suppresses bile