أَخَبَّت رِكابي أَم أُتيحَ لَها خَبتُ

عَميمُ رِياضٍ ما يَزالُ بِهِ نَبتُ

My mount have stumbled or was I allowed to stumble

Over a lush meadow whose plants are still sprouting

وَكَفَّرَها لَيلٌ تَرَهَّبَ شُهبُهُ

تُخالُ يَهوداً عاقَ عَن سَيرِها السَبتُ

And a night with falling stars atoned for it

Looking like a Jew who had abandoned the Sabbath

وَهَيَّجَها قَولٌ يُقالُ عَنِ الحِمى

وَذاكَ حَديثٌ ما مُحَدِّثُهُ ثَبَتُ

And a saying roused it regarding the Sanctuary

That is a narrative whose narrator is not steadfast

وَمَن عايَنَ الدُنيا بِعَينٍ مِنَ النُهى

فَلا جَذَلٌ يُفضي إِلَيهِ وَلا كَبتُ

And whoever eyes the world with a prohibited eye

No barrenness leads him to it, nor satiety

وَفي اللَهُ يا بَدرَ السَماءِ بِزَعمِهِ

وَكَم جُبتَ جِنحاً قَبلَ أَن يُعبَدَ الجِبتُ

By God! Oh full moon in his allegation

How much you orbited before the idol was worshipped

يَعيشُ أُناسٌ لا يَمِسُّ جُسومَهُم

شُفوفٌ وَلا يَحذى لِأَقدامِهِم سِبتُ

Some people live without their bodies being touched

By pleasures, nor is debauchery suited for their feet

رَقَدتُ زَماناً ثُمَّ أَرقَدَني الوَنى

وَأَلهَبتُ دَهراً ثُمَّ أَدرَكَني الهَبتُ

I slept for a time, then sleepiness overcame me

And I burned for an era, then senility overtook me