هامَ قَلبي بِاللَواتي
هُنَّ دائي وَشَقاتي
My heart is possessed by the beauties
Who are my malady and misery
ذَهَبَت نَفسي إِلَيهِن
ن بِقَلبي حَسَراتِ
My soul went out to them
With longing remaining in my heart
وَلَقَد قُلتُ لِراجٍ
راحَتي بِالرُقَياتِ
And indeed I said to a messenger
"My comfort is in pretty girls"
إِنَّما تَيَّمَ قَلبي
بَقَرٌ في الحَجَلاتِ
Indeed my heart became enamored
With a cow amid other cows
مِثلُ عَبّادَةَ فيهِن
ن فَتاةُ الفَتَياتِ
Like the love for Abadah among them
The jewel of the jewels
بِهَواها طالَ لَيلي
وَبِها طالَت شَكاتي
Her love made my night long
And with her my worries lengthened
أَكثَرَت في القُربِ خُلفي
وَعَلى النَأيِ عِداتي
She increased my misdeeds in closeness
ما الَّذي مَنَّتكَ إِلّا
نَظرَةٌ في الخَطَراتِ
And my chastity from afar
What made you favor me except
أَمسَكَت نَفسي عَلَيها
بَعدَ ما مَلَّت لَهاتي
A glance amid glances
I held back my soul from her
وَلَقَد أَغرى بِعَبّا
دَةَ قَولُ القائِلاتِ
After it was inclined to her
And the words of the speaker enticed Abadah
اِسلُ عَن عَبدَةَ قَد أَن
زَفتَ فيها العَبَراتِ
Announcing the falling of teardrops on her
Ask about Abadah, for I have
وَلَقَد أَيقَنَ أَنّي
لا أَطيعُ العاذِلاتِ
Poured into her my tears
And indeed I am certain that I
تَيَّمَتني إِذ تَهادَت
في ثَلاثٍ تائِباتِ
Will not obey the blamers
She made me fall for her while repenting
بِتَهادي مُرجَحِنٍّ
مِثلَ مُهتَزِّ القَناةِ
Among three penitents
With swaying like a shaking spear
وَاِعتِدالٍ في قَوامٍ
فَوقَ نَعتِ الناعِتاتِ
And straight posture atop all statures
With cheeks like the rising sun
وَبِخَدِّ خَدِّ شَمسٍ
طالَعَت مِن مُزُناتِ
Beaming from veils
And eyes of a cow among
وَبِعَينَي بَقَرٍ في
بَقَرٍ أَو جُؤذَراتِ
Cows or small cows
And a neck as a meadow
وَبِجيدٍ جيدِ ريمٍ
يَرتَعي حُرَّ النَباتِ
Grazing the finest plants
And a taste, diverse and cool
وَبِذي طَعمٍ شَتيتٍ
بارِدٍ عَذبِ اللِثاتِ
With sweet saliva
Its taste is from melting honey
طَعمُهُ مِن ذَوبِ شُهدٍ
شيبَ بِالماءِ الفُراتِ
Aged with Euphrates water
The neighbors describe from it
يَصِفُ الجاراتُ مِنهُ
نَفحَةَ المِسكِ الفُتاتِ
The scent of musk particles
My advice to her is gently
عِظَتي فيها رُوَيداً
قَد مَلِلتُ الواعِظاتِ
For I am tired of advisers
I will never obey people regarding her
لا أُطيعُ الناسَ فيها
أَبَداً حَتّى المَماتِ
Until death comes upon me
She is my sickness and my cure
تِلكَ أَسقامي وَبُرئي
مِن سَقامي لَو تُواتي
If she comes close to me
The wish of my soul, my care
وَمُنى نَفسي وَهَمّي
في مَقيلي وَبَياتي
In my rest and nights
My bliss when I sleep
وَنَعيمي حينَ أَغفي
وَشِفاءُ اليَقَظاتِ
And cure for my vigils
The one I spend my evenings and mornings with
وَالَّتي أُمسي وَأَغدو
في عَشِيٍّ وَغَداةِ
In night and morning
My mind goes out to her
ذاهِبَ اللُبِّ إِلَيها
مُعلِناً بِالزَفَراتِ
Announcing in sighs
So when I stand to pray
فَإِذا قُمتُ أُصَلّي
عَرَضَت لي في صَلاتي
She comes to my mind in my prayer
I wish I had given her
لَيتَني أَعطَيتُ مِنهُ
لَيلَةً في حَسَناتي
A night of my good deeds
It's as if I'm crying for her love
وَكَأَنّي مِن هَواها
بِبُكاءٍ وَصُماتِ
With weeping and fasting
So heal me, O Responder to prayers
فَاِشفِني بِالصَبرِ مِنها
يا مُجيبَ الدَعَواتِ
With patience from her
Or make her taste from me one day
أَو أَذِقها يَومَ عَنّي
كُربَةً مِن كُرُباتي
The anguish of my anguish
Her love brought me higher
بَلَغَت بي مِن هَواها
فَوقَ ما سَرَّ عُداتي
Than what my chastity pleased
Friend, I entrust you with my will
صاحِ أَوصيكَ إِلَيها
ثِقَةً فَاِحفَظ وَصاتي
So keep my behests
Tell Abadah to return to me
قُل لِعَبّادَةَ رُدّي
بَعضَ حُزني وَأَذاتي
Some of my sorrow and pain
Abadah, you have become my life
عَبدَ أَصبَحتِ حَياتي
فَصِليني يا حَياتي
So join me, O my life
أَغلِقي عَنّي بِوَصلٍ
بابَ سُقمي وَأَذاتي
Close for me with a visit
The door of my sickness and pain
وَإِذا ما مُتُّ فَاِبكي
لَطَفاً في الباكِياتِ
And when I die, then weep for me
Kindly among the weeping women
لا تَكوني مِثلَ أُخرى
تَتَجَنّى جَفَواتي
Be not like another
Who shuns my love
فَلَقَد أَصفَيتُكِ الشعِ
رَ بِرَغمِ الحاسِداتِ
For I have purified for you poetry
Despite the envious women
