بَردُ نَسيمِ الحِجازِ في السَحَرِ
إِذا أَتاني بِريحِهِ العَطِرِ
The breeze of Hejaz at dawn
When it comes to me with its fragrance
أَلَذُّ عِندي مِمّا حَوَتهُ يَدي
مِنَ اللَآلي وَالمالِ وَالبِدَرِ
Is more delightful to me than what my hands grasped
Of jewels, wealth, and the full moon
وَمُلكُ كِسرى لا أَشتَهيهِ إِذا
ما غابَ وَجهُ الحَبيبِ عَن نَظَري
And the kingdom of Chosroes, I do not desire when
The face of the beloved is absent from my sight
سَقى الخِيامَ الَّتي نُصِبنَ عَلى
شَرَبَّةِ الأُنسِ وابِلُ المَطَرِ
It watered the tents that were set up for
The drink of companionship and the rain shower
مَنازِلٌ تَطلُعُ البُدورُ بِها
مُبَرقَعاتٍ بِظُلمَةِ الشَعَرِ
Abodes where the full moons rise in them
Covered in the darkness of hair
بيضٌ وَسُمرٌ تَحمي مَضارِبَها
أَسادُ غابٍ بِالبيضِ وَالسُمُرِ
White and brown, their dwellings are protected
By absent lions, white and brown
صادَت فُؤادي مِنهُنَّ جارِيَةٌ
مَكحولَةُ المُقلَتَينِ بِالحَوَرِ
My heart was captivated by one of their maids
Intoxicated with eyes lined with kohl
تُريكَ مِن ثَغرِها إِذا اِبتَسَمَت
كَأسَ مُدامٍ قَد حُفَّ بِالدُرَرِ
She shows you from her mouth when she smiles
A cup of wine surrounded by pearls
أَعارَتِ الظَبيَ سِحرَ مُقلَتِها
وَباتَ لَيثُ الشَرى عَلى حَذَرِ
She lent the gazelle the magic of her eyes
And the lion of valor spent the night cautious
خودٌ رَداحٌ هَيفاءُ فاتِنَةٌ
تُخجِلُ بِالحُسنِ بَهجَةَ القَمَرِ
Lively, gentle, charming, beautiful
Her beauty shames the splendor of the moon
يا عَبلَ نارُ الغَرامِ في كَبدي
تَرمي فُؤادي بِأَسهُمِ الشَرَرِ
Oh she set the fire of love ablaze in my liver
Shooting my heart with arrows of embers
يا عَبلَ لَولا الخَيالُ يَطرُقُني
قَضَيتُ لَيلي بِالنَوحِ وَالسَهَرِ
Oh if not for dreams visiting me
I would have spent my night wailing and awake
يا عَبلَ كَم فِتنَةٍ بُليتُ بِها
وَخُضتُها بِالمُهَنَّدِ الذَكَرِ
Oh how many ordeals have I endured
And battled with the well-memorized speech
وَالخَيلُ سودُ الوُجوهِ كالِحَةٌ
تَخوضُ بَحرَ الهَلاكِ وَالخَطَرِ
The horses, black of face, sturdy,
Swim in the sea of destruction and danger
أُدافِعُ الحادِثاتِ فيكِ وَلا
أُطيقُ دَفعَ القَضاءِ وَالقَدَرِ
I resist tribulations for you and cannot
Endure resisting destiny and fate
