فَدَتْكَ نُفُوسٌ قَدْ حَلا بِكَ حَالُهَا

وَأَضْحَى صَحِيحاً فِي هَواكَ اعْتِلالُها

Souls have been sacrificed for you, their state altered by you,

And they have become whole in their love for you, healed by it.

مَلكْتَ قُلوبَ العَاشِقينَ بِطَلْعَةٍ

يَرُوقُ جَمِيعَ الناظِرينَ جَمالُهَا

You have captured the hearts of lovers with a glance

Whose beauty captivates all who look upon it.

وَزَادَ بِكَ الحُسْنُ البَديعُ نَضارةً

كأَنَّكَ في وَجْهِ المَلاحَةِ خَالُها

With you, beauty itself glows brighter,

As if you were the mole on its cheek.

سَلَبْتَ فُؤادَ الصَّبِّ مِنْكَ بِقَامَةٍ

حَكَى الغُصْن مِنْهَا مَيْلَهَا وَاعْتِدَالَهَا

You have stolen the heart of the youth with your stature,

Which told of the bending and straightness of a branch.

فَصِلْ مُغْرَماً حَمَّلْتَهُ مِنْكَ في الهَوَى

بَلابِل وَجْدٍ لا يُطَاقُ احْتِمالُهَا

Passionate lover that you burdened with desire for you,

Tormented by passions too much to bear.

عَنَّ لي دُمْيَةً وَلاحَ هِلالا

وَانْثَنَى صُعْدَةً وَفرَّ عَزَالا

She appeared to me in a vision, crescent moon and starry night,

Bending gently, shying like a gazelle.

فَتَذَلَّلتُ حِينَ أَبْدَى دَلالاً

وَرأى رُخْصَ أَدْمُعِي فَتَغَالا

I became submissive when she showed tenderness,

And saw the cheapness of my tears, so I rebelled.

يا غَنِيّاً بِالحُسْنِ أَسأَلكَ الوَصْ

لَ وَحَاشَاكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّ السُّؤالا

O you rich in beauty, I ask your affection,

Far be it from you to spurn my request!

رَشأٌ قَدْ أَطعْتُ فيهِ غَرامِي

وَعَصَيْتُ اللُّوَّامَ وَالعُذَّالا

I have pursued my passion though blamed for it

And disobeyed the critic and the censor.

قَتلتْنِي جُفونُهُ وَهْيَ مَرضَى

سَلَبَتْنِي قِوايَ وَهيَ كَسالا

Her glances have slain me, and she is the healing,

She has drained my strength, and she is the rest.