أَرَحْتُكَ واستَرَحْتُ مِن المَلامِ

وَمِن عَذْلٍ يُطِيلُ مَدَى الكَلامِ

I let you go and rested from blame,

And from reproach that prolongs discourse.

وَكُنتُ أُجِيدُ عَشْقَ الظَّبْي أَلْمَى

سَقِيمَ المُقْلَتينِ بِلا سَقامِ

And I used to love the gazelle's love,

The sick-eyed one, without sickness.

تَقولُ أَفَرَّ من رِضوانَ أَمْ ذا

لهُ حُسْنٌ سِوَى حُسْنِ الأَنامِ

You say, did he flee from Rida's pleasure,

Or does he have beauty other than people's beauty?

فَما تَمَّ الجَمالُ لِغَيْرِ هذا

ولا وأَبيكَ لِلقمرِ التَّمامِ

Beauty was never complete for other than him,

By your father, or for the full moon.

وَلَيلَةَ زارَني واللَّيلُ مُلْقٍ

على الآفاقِ أَرْدِيَةَ الظَّلامِ

And the night he visited me and the night spread

On the horizons the blankets of darkness,

وَكَادَ الصُّبحُ لا يَبدو حَياءً

فَأَبداهُ بِما تَحتَ اللِّثامِ

And morning was shy to appear,

So he made it appear with what's under the veil.

هُمُ قالوا المُدامُ رُضابُ فِيهِ

وَمَن أَعطاكَ يا كَأْسَ المُدامِ

They said wine is forbidden, O cup of wine,

And who gave you, O cup of wine?