عُذراً فَقَلبي ما عَلَيهِ اِعتِذار
أَن باتَ مَفتوناً بِذاكَ العِذار
My apologies, but my heart has no excuse
For being infatuated with that charm
أَسوَدٌ كَاللَيلِ عَلى وَجنَةٍ
سُبحانَ مَن أَطلَعَ مِنها بِالنَهار
As dark as the night on a cheek
Glory to Him who made the dawn emerge from it
يا قَلبُ مُذ فُوِّقَ سَهمَ الرَدى
نِبالُ عَينِهِ فَأَينَ الفِرار
Oh heart, since pierced by the arrow of love
The arrows of his eyes, so where to flee?
سَكرانُ عَطفٍ مِن مَدامِ الصَبا
لَكِن بِجَفنَيهِ بَقايا الخِمار
Intoxicated by the charm of youth’s wine
Yet his lashes retain traces of kohl
كَيفَ خَلاصي مِن هَوى شادِنٍ
أَحاطَ بِالقَلبِ هَوىً وَاِستَدار
How can I be saved from passionate love
That has encompassed my heart, surrounding it
يا قَمَراً في القَلبِ أَضحَت لَهُ
دَقائِقٌ تَخفى عَلى كوسِيار
Oh moon in my heart, you have become
Minutes concealed even from soothsayers
لا توحِشِ الطَرفَ فَأَنتَ الَّذي
يَسري غَرامي نَحوهُ كَيفَ سار
Do not abandon me, you who
My passion flows towards, however it went
يا مَعشَرَ النَفرِ غَزالُ الحِمى
عَلَّمَ نَومي عَن جُفوني النِفار
Oh companions, the gazelle of my fervor
Taught my sleep to flee from my eyelids
ما حَلَّلَت غَيرَ سُلَيمى دَمي
لا طالبَ اللَهُ سُلَيمى بِثار
None but Sulayma legitimized shedding my blood
May Allah make Sulayma avenge it
ناظِرُهُ يُظهِرُ لي قُدرَةً
وَطَرفُهُ يَرمُقُني بِاِنكِسار
His glance shows me power
While his eyes glance at me submissively
لَو صالَ بِاللَحظِ عَلى حَيدَرٍ
ما حَمَلَت راحَتُهُ ذا الفِقار
If his eyes met Haydar’s
His hand could not carry that sword
هَذا الَّذي يَسبي عُقولَ الوَرى
مِن لَحظِ عَينَيهِ الحَذارَ الحِذار
He who captures the minds of all people
With a glance of his cautious, cautious eyes
لَو عَلِمَ العاذِلُ وَجدي بِهِ
جاءَ مِنَ التَفنيدِ لي بِاعتِذار
If the blamer knew my passion for him
He would come apologize to me
وَيلاهُ مِن حُبِّ حِجازِيَّةٍ
آباؤُها السُمرُ العَوالي نِزار
Woe to him from the love of a Hejazi girl
Whose fathers are the lofty, highborn people of Nizar
وَدَّهِلالُ الأُفق لَو أَنَّهُ
أَصبحَ في ساعِدِ سُعدى سِوار
The horizon would glow ruby
If it found itself on Sauda’s arm as a bracelet
قَد ساعَفَ الوَقتُ لِشُربِ العَقار
يا لِلنَدامى البِدارَ البِدار
The time for drinking wine has doubled
Oh for the regrets, the regrets, the regrets
