أَتَتكَ بِلَونِ المُحِبِّ الخَجِل

تُخالِطُ لَونَ المُحِبِّ الوَجِل

She came to you with the bashful lover's hue

Mixing with the sleepless lover's complexion too

ثِمارٌ تَضَمَّنَ إِدراكَها

هَواءٌ أَحاطَ بِها مُعتَدِل

Fruits that included realizing them

An air surrounded them temperate and true

تَأَتّى لِإِلطافِ تَدريجِها

فَمِن حَرِّ شَمسٍ إِلى بَردِ ظِلّ

She came to gently unfold her stages

From sun's heat to the coolness of shade

إِلى أَن تَناهَت شِفاءَ العَليلِ

وَأُنسَ المَشوقِ وَلَهوَ الغَزِل

Until she ended the healing of the ailing one

And brought joy to the longing one and the flirtation of the amorous one

فَلَو تَجمُدُ الراحُ لَم تَعدُها

وَإِن هِيَ ذابَت فَخَمرٌ تَحِلّ

If the wine would freeze she wouldn't make it stay

And if it melted it's a wine that comes into bloom

لَها مَنظَرٌ حَسَنٌ في العُيونِ

كَدُنياكَ لَكِنَّهُ مُنتَقِل

She has a beautiful sight in the eyes

Like your world but it is fleeting

وَطَعمٌ يَلَذُّ لِمَن ذاقَهُ

كَلِذَّةِ ذِكراكَ لَو لَم يُمَلّ

And a taste that delights whoever tastes it

Like the sweetness of remembering you if it doesn't become insipid

وَرَيّا إِذا نَفَحَت خِلتُها

تُمِلُّ ثَناءَكَ أَو تَستَهِلّ

And a scent when it's aroma blows

It makes your praise boring or it fades

يُمَثِّلُ مَلمَسُها لِلأَكُفِّ

لينَ زَمانِكَ أَو يَمتَثِل

Her touch represents to the palms

The softness of your times or it conforms

صَفَوتُ فَأَدلَلتُ في عَرضِها

وَمَن يَصفُ مِنهُ الهَوى فَليُدِلّ

An elite so I have indulged describing it

And whoever describes it let him point

قَبولُكَها نِعمَةٌ غَضَّةٌ

وَفَضلٌ بِما قَبلَهُ مُتَّصِل

Accepting it is an untainted grace

And a favor connected to what preceded it

وَلَوكُنتُ أَهدَيتُ نَفسي اِختَصَر

تُ عَلى أَنَّها غايَةُ المُحتَفِل

If I were to give myself I'd summarize

That she is the aim of the most joyous celebrant