إن ضنَّ جفنك أن يجود بمائه

فالقلب موقوف على برحائهِ

If your eyelids are stingy with their tears

Then the heart is dependent on its sorrow

يا عاذلي دعني أكابد لوعتي

لج الغرام ولست من أكفائهِ

O reproacher, let me endure my anguish

For love has taken hold and I'm not its equal

قل للحبيب الهاجري طيب الكرى

عن مغرم متفرد ببلائهِ

Tell the dear departed, blessings upon him

About a love-sick man singled out by his afflictions

قف بالطول على اللوى وسل الحمى

أني سرت عيس النوى بظبائهِ

Stand tall with fortitude over passion's pain

I have set out to meet my wishes among their dens

الفاتنات لحاظهن عقولنا

النائبات من اللبيب ذكائهِ

The beauties, their glances entrance our minds

The deputies of the wise, their intelligence

يا هند جوديَ بالوصال على فتى

نار الهوى والشوق في أحشائهِ

O Hind, be generous with union to a lad

The fire of love and longing in his heart

صدق المودة للحبيب مصافيا

فازوَّر عنه وصار من أعدائهِ

Loyalty to the beloved purified

So he turned from him and became his enemy

فنفى الكرى عن مقلتيه فراقه

من بعد ما قد كان من خلفائهِ

Then absence denied his eyes their fill after

He had been among his successors

رشأ عليه من الجمال مهابة

فالبدر يخجله سني بهائهِ

He unleashed upon him charm’s awe

The full moon is shy of his brilliant glow

يصمي القلوب بقده في خده

ورد يعلّ من الشباب بمائهِ

His stature enchants hearts, his cheek a rose

That excels youth with its water clear

ما يوسف في الحسن من أشكاله

والشمس ليست فيه من نظرائهِ

Joseph is not his equal in beauty’s forms

The sun cannot match his peers

لو أن رضوى صافحته يمينه

لصبا إليه وصار من أسرائهِ

If Ridwa's hand shook his right

She would incline to him and become his captive

فبمن الوذ والتجي من جوره

ليصده عن مستمر جفائهِ

So who will protect and shelter from his tyranny

To deter his persistent estrangement

ويجيرني من صده وملاله

وبعيد عذبا من لذيذ صفائهِ

And shelter me from his coldness and fatigue

And far from the sweet of his clear spring

فإلى همام الدين أكرم ماجد

ورث العلى والمجد من آبائهِ

To Hammam al-Din most generous, glorious

Who inherited the heights and glory of his fathers

صممت عزمي والرجاء يحثني

طلبا لصاف من لذيذ إخائهِ

My resolve is fixed and hope urges me

Seeking the intimate from his sweet brotherhood

بطل برد القِرن صدر حسامه

يوم الوغى متضرجا بدمائهِ

A hero whose chest chilled the cold of centuries

Bloodied on the day of the fray

وإذا ألم به مؤمل رفده

سبق السوال له جزيل عطائهِ

And when distressed, his relief

Outpaced requests, abundant his gifts

أصفيته ودّي وبحت بحبه

إذ لا يلذ متيّم بخفائهِ

I made him my confidant, professing my love

For no enamored conceals their passion

فأسلم همام الدين ما هب الصبا

وسرت جيوش الصبح في ظلمائهِ

So Hammam al-Din surrendered what youth offered

And dawn’s armies marched in its darkness

وتهن من شهر الصيام بنعمة

في صومه وصلاته ودعائهِ

And he weakened with the month of fasting, blessed

In his fast, prayers and supplications