اهلا بهذا الاهيف البسام

اهداه للولهان طيف منام

Welcome to this gentle breeze

That brought to the infatuated a dream's apparition

حيت بغلغلة الكرى انواره

فبيقظتي خلت الضياء امامي

Wherein the lights of fate did swirl

And in my wakefulness, illumination stood before me

يا ليت لو تشفى بليت سقيمة

او تمزج اليقظات بالاحلام

If only grief's afflicted could be healed

Or waking life with dreams entwined

كنا وكان لنا زمان مسعف

والحب في خدري نزيل خيامي

We had a time that was propitious

When love in my intoxication was my tent's lodger

ومدام مرشفه اللطيف معالي

شروى المعلل من عتيق مدام

While smooth wine gently down my throat did flow

A vintage draft was my refreshment

والعندليب على الغصون مبرقم

شتان بين غرامه وغرامي

The nightingale on branches modulated

Far different from my love's consumed passion

نضحي على فرش الغرام كأننا

نمنا وللاشواق غير نيام

On love's bedding we recline as though

Our sleep is disturbed, for yearning knows no rest

والريم يلفته الدلال فيلتوى

ولقد عرفت تلفت الآرام

The gazelle's supple grace attracts the hunter

And well I know the way of gentle turns

واراه والهفي ضجيعي ينخلي

في راحتيّ تقول بدرتمام

I see my love, while resting by my side

Saying, as radiant as the full moon, "you are complete"

فبقربه طيب الحياة وانه

بعذيب ريقته شفاء سقامي

His nearness makes life sweet, for he

With his saliva cures all my diseased state

يرمي بنبل العين قلبي عامدا

ويطير بي قلبي لذاك الرامي

His eyes' arrows purposely strike my heart

And make my heart take flight toward that archer

بالله يا طيف الكرى ايجود لي

زمني بما افرغت في اوهامي

By God! Apparition of my soul's core

Return to me the time you consumed in my imaginings

اضغاث احلام وجود شخوصنا

فارقب اقلب حوادث الايام

Phantoms of a dream, our beings' existence

So watch, I hurl the days' events into disarray