بَدرُ الدُّجى شَمسُ الضُّحَى

غادَرَ جِسمي شَبَحا

The full moon of dusk, the sun of dawn

Left my body as a specter

قَلبي بِهِ قَد كادَ مِن

طولِ البِلى أَن يُمصَحا

My heart almost perished from

The length of separation

يَحكي القَضيبَ في الكَثي

بِ كُلَّما تَرَنَّحا

It tells of the staff in the thicket

With every sigh

ساحِرُ طَرفٍ مِنهُ ها

روتُ اِنثَنى مُفتَضِحا

The sorcerer of a glance from it

I saw the bowed forehead disgraced

لِحاظُ مُردِ التُّركِ أم

ضى مِن ظُبا ذَوي اللّحى

The horsemen's gown from Turkish cloth

Is it gone from gazelles with beards?

حينَ يُديرونَ بِها

في حَومَةِ الحَربِ الرَحا

When they wave it

In the ferocity of battle

يَفتَرُّ فوهُ عَن سَنا

البَرقِ إِذا ما لَمَحا

Its mouth gapes revealing

The lightning when it glimpsed

سُبحانَ مَن أَودَعَ وَج

نَتَيهِ تِلكَ المُلَحا

Glory to Him who placed in His

Cheeks those touches

كَأَنَّما نَكهَتهُ

مِسكٌ أَريجٌ نَفَحا

As if its taste were

Musk and pleasant fragrance diffused

مُعَربِدُ اللّحاظِ مِن

سُكرِ هَواهُ ما صَحا

Confused by the gown from

The intoxication of his love restored

ما العَيشُ إِلّا قَهوَةٌ

حَمراءُ تَنفي التَرَحا

Life is but red coffee

That drives away fatigue

وَهيَ التَّي تَجلِبُ مِن

كلِّ النَواحي الفَرَحا

And it is that which attracts

Joy from all directions

فَكُن لَها مُعتَنِقاً

مغتَبِقاً مُصطَبِحا

So be for it an embracer

An impassioned waker at dawn

يا حَبَّذا السُكرُ بِشُر

بِها إِذا ما طَفَحا

How good is sugar drunk

With it when it overflows

يوسي أَذى الخُمارِ بِال

خَمرِ إِذا ما جُرِحا

It heals the pain of grapes with

Wine when injured

يَلقى بِها النَدمانُ مِن

نَيلِ المُنى ما اِقتَرَحا

With it the sorrowful gain from

Attaining what they yearned for

فَهيَ مَحلٌّ قابِلٌ

لِأَن يَهيجَ البُرَحا

So it is a place accepting

To arouse transported rapture

أَعيَت صِفاتُها نَحا

ريرَ العُقولِ الفُصَحا

Its qualities tire the minds

Of the most eloquent explicators