وَعَلِيلَةِ الأَلْحاظِ تَرْقُدُ عَنْ

صَبٍّ يُصافِحُ جَفْنَهُ الأَرَقُ

Upon the languid eyes she sleeps from

A vigil that greets his eyelids, wakeful,

فَفُؤادُهُ كِسوارِهَا حَرِجٌ

وَوِسادُهُ كوِشَاحِها قَلِقُ

So his heart's confined like her bracelet,

And his pillow's restless like her kerchief.

عانَقْتُها وَالشُّهْبُ ناعِسَةٌ

وَالأُفْقُ بِالظَّلْماءِ مُنْتَطِقٌ

I embraced her while the stars slumbered

And the horizon in the dark conversed.

فَلَثَمْتُها وَاللَّيْلُ مِنْ قِصَرٍ

قَدْ كادَ يَلْثِمُ فَجْرَهُ الشَّفَقُ

I kissed her while the night from a palace

Had almost kissed the dawn, radiant, pure.

بِمَضاجِعٍ أًلِفَ العَفافَ بها

كَرَمٌ بِأَذْيالِ التُّقَى عَلِقُ

On a bed virtuous, honoring chastity,

Noble, adhering to the hems of piety.

ثُمَّ افْتَرَقنا حِينَ فَاجَأنَا

صُبْحٌ تَقاسَمَ ضَوءَهُ الحَدَقُ

Then we parted when suddenly surprised

By morn whose light the eyes did share.

وَبِنَحْرِها مِنْ أَدْمُعي بَلَلٌ

وَبِراحَتي مِنْ نَشرِها عَبَقُ

Upon her cheek, my tears left moisture,

And in my palm, her scent left fragrance.