كم ثنايا وكم عيونٍ مراضِ

من أقاحٍ ونَرجسٍ في الرياض

How many twigs and how many eyes ailing,

Of narcissus and lilies in the gardens.

كم خدودٍ مَصُونةٍ من شقيقٍ

لم تُبَذَّلْ للَّثْمِ أو للعِضاض

How many cheeks protected from the anemone,

That were not given to kissing or biting.

اعترضْ باطنَ الشقيقِ ففيه

طُرَفٌ ما يملُّها ذو اعتراض

Cut through the inner anemone, for in it

Is a look that does not bore of objections.

جُمَمٌ سُرِّحت بلا مُشُطٍ أو

طُرَرٌ قُصِّصَتْ بلا مقراض

Unkempt locks unleashed without a comb,

Or braids told without shearing.

حُمْرَةٌ فوق خُضْرة وسواءٌ

بين هذين مُعْلَمٌ ببياض

Redness over greenness and equality

Between the two, made white by whiteness.

ذا خزامى ذا خُرَّمٌ ذاك خير

يٌّ قضى لي بِخَيْرِهِ خيرُ قاض

The bleary-eyed, the sleepy-eyed, the best

Good brought me the best of judges.

ذا بهارٌ في صُفْرةِ العاشِقِ المَيْ

تِ بداءِ الصدودِ والإعراض

A springtime in the yellowness of a lover made

Ill by the malady of aloofness and refusal.

فاسقنيها كالنارِ فَرْطَ احمرارٍ

في إِناءٍ كالماءِ فَرْطَ ابيضاض

So give it to me like fire, excessive in redness,

In a vessel like water, excessive in whiteness.

جلّنارٌ إِناؤُه جلُّ نسري

نٍ شفاءُ المرضى منَ الأمراض

A burning fire its vessel a burning

Nasrany, the cure of the sick from diseases.