مَن لي بِهِ بَدرَ كِلَّهْ

قَد حازَ قَلبِيَ كُلَّهْ

Who is he who has my heart entirely?

My heart he has come to possess wholly.

فَهَل تُرى يَتَعَزَّزْ

وَالعِزُّ في الحُبِّ ذِلَّهْ

Will he then strengthen and gain might?

But might in love is frailty!

رَضيتُ فيهِ مُصابي

فَما عَلى الناسِ مِنّي

I am content with what befalls me,

So no more complaints come from me.

وَراحَتي في عَذابي

فَلَو مَضى ذاكَ عَنّي

My peace lies in my torment,

Were he to leave, my heart would yearn for what has passed.

لَاِشتاقَ قَلبي لِما بي

فَهَل عَلِمتُم بِأَنّي

Do you not know that I have come

To bear an affliction of dreams perturbing?

أَمسَيتُ أَحمِلُ مُقلَهْ

مِنَ المَنامِ مُقِلَّهْ

If only a phantom would visit while I slept,

My sleep would find comfort in that dream!

لَو زارَها الطَيفُ أَعوَزْ

نَومٌ يَكونُ مَحَلَّهْ

I have mingled from her cups

That illuminate gloom with rays

مَزَجتُ مِنها كُئوسا

تَجلو الدُجى بِشُعاعِ

When she appears as brilliant suns

And the meadow rises for play,

إِذا تَجَلَّت شُموسا

وَقامَ لِلَهوِ داعِ

The garden appears a bride

Encircled by valiant trees,

فَالرَوضُ يُجلى عَروسا

قَد سُوِّرَت بِشُجاعِ

Its trees are like the crescent moon,

The garden scattered with its new blossoms.

أَشجارُها مِثلُ كِلَّهْ

فَالرَوضُ مَطرحُ بِذلَهْ

It has a stream like necklaces

So look upon the work of God

لَهُ مِنَ النَهرِ فَروَزْ

فَاِنظُر إِلى صَنعَةِ اللَهْ

Who has renewed Saad's good fortune

For the king from Saad's family

قَد جَدَّدَ اللَهُ سَعدا

لِلمُلكِ مِن آلِ سَعدِ

With the souls of people ransomed

And if they refuse, I alone stand

بِأَنفُسِ الخَلقِ يُفدى

وَإِن أَبَوا كُنتُ وَحدي

His swords do not falter to strike

Nor rest in their sheaths

سُيوفُهُ لَيسَ تَصدا

وَلا تَقَرُّ بِغِمدِ

Still under the royal shade

Dispelling the shadowed misfortunes

ما زالَ دونَ المَظَلَّهْ

يَجلو الخُطوبَ المُظِلَّهْ

Whose spears now sparkle

With triumph since he brandished blades

فَنُونُها قَد تَطَرَّزْ

بِالنَصرِ مُذ سَلَّ نَصلَهْ

Tongues praise him for what he says and does

A face dispelling gloom, in his grip fire flames

تُثني عَلَيهِ الأَسِنَّهْ

بِما يَقولُ وَيَفعَلْ

In but a glance of his an army bears

Against the prolonged troops

وَجهٌ مُجَلّي الدُجُنَّهْ

في كَفِّهِ النارُ تُشعَلْ

With an army of sound opinion fully equipped

He is seen capable of a thousand deeds

في نَظرَةٍ مِنهُ حَملَهْ

عَلى الجُيوشِ المُطِلَّهْ

While Gadah the daughter of Anah

Departed and tears flowed

بِجَيشِ رَأيٍ مُجَهَّزْ

يُرى عَلى أَلفِ فِعلَهْ

In an agony she could not reveal

Had it not been for overwhelmed shock

وَغادَةٍ بِنتُ عَنها

سَرَت وَلِلدَمعِ رَشَّهْ

How many nights did the palm tree's sparrow

Sleep with the other sparrows all together

بِلَوعَةٍ لَم تُبِنها

لَولا تَعَرُّضُ دَهشَهْ

While my heart lay broken in pieces

Alone, none like it

كَم باتَ عُصفورُ نَخلَهْ

مَعَ العَصافيرِ جُملَهْ

وَباتَ قَلبي مُفَرَّزْ

وَحدي وَما بِتُّ مِثلَهْ