أَفدي الَّذي زارَ بَعدَ هَجرٍ

فَكانَ مِن عِلَّتي طَبيبي

I ransom the one who visited after long absence

And became the physician of my malady

أَطلَعَ بَدراً مِن فَوقِ غُصنٍ

يَميسُ تيهاً عَلى كَثيبِ

The full moon rose over the branch

Wandering confusedly over the sand dune

يَرنو بِأَجفانِهِ دَلالاً

فَيَنفُثُ السِحرَ في القُلوبِ

He glances flirtatiously with his eyelids

Exhaling magic into hearts

وافى وَفي كَفِّهِ مُدامٌ

أَلَذُّ مِن غَفلَةِ الرَقيبِ

He came fulfilling his promise, in his palm a drink

Sweeter than the heedlessness of the chaperone

كَأَنَّها إِذ صَفَت وَراقَت

شَكوى مُحِبٍّ إِلى حَبيبِ

As if, when it lined up and flowed

It was the complaint of a lover to his beloved

لَقَد عَجِبنا مِنهُ وَمِنها

كَالشَمسِ وَالبَدرِ في قَضيبِ

We were amazed by him and by her

Like the sun and the moon on a horizon

فَقُمتُ مُستَبشِراً وَقَلبي

في غايَةِ الوَجدِ وَالوَجيبِ

So I rose up, happily, and my heart

Was in the utmost joy and passion

فَدارَ ما بَينَنا عِتابٌ

كَالخِصبِ وافى عَلى جُدوبِ

Then, between us circulated coquetry

Like fertility on barren land

قَبَّلتُهُ قُبلَةً تُضاهي

تَجاوُزَ اللَهِ عَن ذُنوبي

I kissed him a kiss that rivals

God's forgiving my sins

وَباتَ يَقري سَمعي كَلاماً

أَحلى مِنَ النَصرِ في الحُروبِ

And he spent the night entertaining my hearing with talk

Sweeter than triumph in wars

وَبِتُّ مِنهُ في برد عَيشٍ

مُفَوَّفٍ ناعِمٍ قَشيبِ

And I spent the night in the chill of a life

Luxurious, delicate, and fluffy

فَيا لَها لَيلَةً جَنَيتُ ال

ثِمارَ مِن غُصنِها الرَطيبِ

Oh, what a night in which I harvested

Fruits from its delicious branch