زَهَرَاتُكِ الحمرُ التي أسْلَمْتِها

بيديَ مودِّعةٍ يمينَ مُودِّعِ

Your red flowers that you handed over

As a farewell with your bidding right hand

لمَّا وصلتُ إلى المصيفِ حملْتُها

كالطِّفْلِ نَامَ على ذِرَاعِ المرضعِ

When I reached the summer house, I carried them

Like a child who slept on the wet nurse's arm

أمْشي بها فَوْقَ الرِّمالَ كأنَّنِي

أمشي بطَيْفٍ في الظَّلَامِ مُقَنَّعِ

I walk with them over the sands as if

I walk with a specter in the dark, masked

مَضْمُومَةَ الورَقاتِ طيَّ غِلَالَةٍ

وُسِمَتْ بطابَعِ ذوقكِ المترفِّعِ

Folded petals, covered in a gown

Stamped with your refined taste

مَحْجُوبَةً كَأَمِيرَةٍ شرقيةٍ

في هَوْدَجٍ أَسْتَارُهُ لم تُرْفَعِ

Veiled like an oriental princess

In a bridal carriage, its curtains not raised

حتى إذا أويْتُها بَعْدَ السُّرَى

وخَلَعْتُ عنها لِبسَةَ المتمنِّعِ

Until I brought them after nightfall

And removed from them the dress of the aloof

هَشَّتْ لآنيتي وأشْرَقَ لَوْنُهَا

وَتَرَدَّدَتْ أنْفَاسُها في مَضْجَعِي

They awoke for my hands and their color shone

And their breaths mingled in my bed

وَمَضَتْ تُخَالِسُنِي حَيِيَّ لحاظها

لا تَشْتَكِي سَهْرًا وَفَرْطَ تَطَلُّعِ

And they passed, stealing my conscious side

Not complaining of wakefulness or excessive yearning

هيَ أنْتِ، أحْلَامٌ تغازلُ نَاظِرِي

وَتَصُبُّ حُلْوَ حَدِيثِهَا في مِسْمَعِي

It is you, dreams flirting with my sight

And pouring the sweetness of their talk in my hearing

هيَ أنْتِ، أطْيَافٌ تعانِقُ مُهجَتِي

وتَفِرُّ حينَ تُحِسُّ حُرْقَةَ أضْلُعِي

It is you, specters embracing my mind

And fleeing when feeling the heat of my ribs

أمْسَتْ تُعابِثُنِي ومِلْءُ شِفَاهِهَا

مِنْ مُغْرَيَاتِكِ بَسْمَةٌ لِتَوَلُّعِي

They toy with me, and their lips are full

Of your allure, a smile for my craving

ومكرتِ مكَركِ يا حبيبةُ وانقضى

ليلي، وأنتِ لديَّ ساهرةٌ معي

And you plotted, my love, and my night passed

While you are awake with me

أرسلتِها عينًا عَلَيَّ رقيبةً

تأتيكِ بالخبرِ العجيبِ الممتِعِ

You sent them as an eye watching over me

To bring you the wondrous, enjoyable news

تُحصي حَراكيَ إن مشيتُ لشرفتي

وتعد خطوي إن رجعتُ لموضِعِي

To count my motions if I went to my balcony

And number my steps if I returned to my place

شهِدَتْ بأني مُذ تركتُك حائرٌ

متفرِّدٌ بصَبَابتي في مخْدعِي!!

They witnessed that since I left you, confused

Alone with my youthfulness in my abode!!