أَسِيرُ لِحاظٍ كَيْفَ يَنْجُو مِنَ الأَسْرِ

وَعَاشِقِ ثَغْرٍ كَيْفَ يَصْحُو مِنَ السُّكْرِ

A captive of glances, how can he escape the captivity

And a lover of lips, how can he wake from intoxication

وَلَا سِيَّما صَبٌّ يَذُوبُ صَبابةً

بما جلَّ عَنْ حَصْرٍ بِما دَقَّ مِنْ خَصْرِ

Especially a youth melting with infatuation

With a slender waist beyond restraint and measure

يُهدّده الوَاشي وَيَبْكِي صَبَابةً

فَيَفْرِقُ من نَهْرٍ ويَغْرَقُ في نَهْرِ

Threatened by the watcher, he weeps infatuated

Scattered between rivers, drowning in the flow

تَأَلَّقَ في أُفقِ الملاحَةِ كَوْكَباً

تَألُّقَ دُرّي وضاحِكٍ عَنْ دُرّ

He shone like a star on the horizon of spirit

My fate laughed and sparkled like pearls

فَفِي كُلِّ جَوٍّ مِنْهُ نَقْعٌ مِنَ الهَوَى

وَفي كُلِّ قُطْرٍ مِنْه وَقْعٌ مِنَ القَطرِ

In every atom of him, a speck of passion

And in every drop, an impact of rain