مَليحٌ حَكاهُ البَدْرُ عِنْدَ طُلوعِهِ

فَلا سِرَّ أَنْ يَحْكِيه عِنْدَ سِرَارِهِ

The full moon narrated beautifully at its rising,

No wonder it narrates beautifully in its orbit.

أَغَرُّ غِرارُ الجَفْنِ مِنْهُ إِذَا سَطا

جَفا فيهِ جَفْنُ الصبِّ طيبُ غِرارِهِ

More beguiling is the wetness of the eyelid when it pours forth,

When the eyelid of morning rain pours forth its beautiful wetness.

أَبيتُ وَلِي جَفْنٌ غَريقٌ بِمَائِهِ

عَلَيْهِ وَلِي قَلْبٌ حَريقٌ بِنَارِهِ

I spent the night with a tearful eyelid in its water,

And a heart aflame in its fire was mine.

فَديْتُ مُؤذِّناً تَصْبو إِليهِ

بِجَامِعِ جِلَّقٍ مِنَّا النُّفُوسُ

I would sacrifice a muezzin it inclines toward,

In Diljaq mosque souls incline toward him.

يَطيرُ النِّسْرُ مِنْ شَوْقٍ إِليهِ

وَتَهْوَى أَنْ تُعَانِقَهُ العَرُوسُ

The eagles fly toward it out of yearning,

And the bride desires to embrace him.