بِلا غَيْبَةٍ لِلْبَدْرِ وَجْهُكَ أَجْمَلُ

وَمَا أَنَا فِيما قُلْتُهُ مُتَجَمِّلُ

Without the moon's absence, your face is the most beautiful

And I am not being pretentious in what I say

وَلا عَيْبَ عِنْدِي فيكَ لَوْلا صِيَانة

لَدَيْكَ بِها كُلُّ امْرِىءٍ يَتَبذَّلُ

I see no fault in you, if not for virtue

With which every man is wont to adorn himself

وَحَجْبُكَ حَتّى لَوْ عَن الحُجْبِ تَتَّقي

حِجاباً ولا تَبْدُو لَهَا كُنْتَ تَفْعَلُ

Your veil, even if you avoid veils

Not showing it any veil, you would do so

لِحاظُكَ أَسْيافٌ ذُكُورٌ فَما لَها

كَمَا زَعَمُوا مِثْلَ الأَرَامِلِ تَغْزِلُ

Your gaze is masculine swords, so why

As they claim, would you spin like widows?

وَمَا بالُ بُرْهَان العِذَارِ مُسَلِّماً

وَيَلْزَمُهُ دَورٌ وَفيهِ تَسَلْسُلُ

What of presenting proof of chastity

Binding it in a cycle with infinite regression?

وَعَهْدِي أَنّ الشَّمْسَ بِالصَّحْوِ آذَنَتْ

فَمَا بالُ سُكْرِي مِنْ مُحَيَّاكَ يُقَبِلُ

I promised that the sun at dawn gave notice

So why does my intoxication with your life persist?

كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُخْلَقْ لِغَيْرِ نَواظِرٍ

تُسَهِّدها وَجْداً وَقَلْباً تُعلِّلُ

It's as if you weren't created but for gazes

To seduce them, passionately and with a tempting heart

عَليَّ ضَمانٌ أَنَّ طَرْفَكَ لا يَرى

مِن الحُسْنِ شَيْئاً عِنْدَ غَيْرِكَ يَجْمُلُ

I'm obliged your glance doesn't see

Any beauty with others comparable to you

وأَنَّ قُلوبَ العاشِقينَ وَإِنْ تَجُرْ

عَلَيها إلى سُلْوانِهَا لَيْسَ تَعْدِلُ

And that the hearts of lovers, even if

Drawn to their idols, do not equate

حَبيبِي لِيَهْنَ الحُسْنُ أَنَّكَ حُزْتَهُ

ويَهْنَ فُؤَادي أَنَّهُ لَكَ مَنْزِلُ

My love, let beauty be diminished that you took it

And let my heart be diminished for it is your dwelling

إذَا كُنْتَ ذا ودٍّ صَحيحٍ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ

يَضرُّ بِي العُذَّالُ حَيْثُ تَقَوَّلُوا

If you have true affection, it did not

Harm me where the slanderers fabricated

رَأَوْا مِنْكَ حَظّي في المَحَبَّةِ وَافِراً

لِذَا حَرَّفوا عَنِّي الحَدِيثَ وَأَوَّلوا

They saw my share of love for you abundant

So they distorted my words and interpreted