خَليلَيَّ عوجا بِالغُوَيرِ وَكُثبِهِ
وَلا تَمنَعا المُشتاقَ مِن لَثمِ تُربِهِ
My two friends, turn away in Al-Ghuwair and its sand hills
Do not prevent the longing one from kissing its soil
هُوَ الصَبُّ يُصبيهِ الهَوى دونَ صَحبِهِ
خُذا مِن صَبا نَجدٍ اَماناً لِقَلبِهِ
He is the youth in love without his companions
Take from the youth of Najd security for his heart
فَقَد كادَ رَيّاها يَطيرُ بِلُبِّهِ
أَلا بَلِّغا سَهلَ الحِجازِ وَحُزنَهُ
For the sight of it almost made his mind fly with ecstasy
Deliver to Sahel Al-Hijaz my greetings and sorrow
تَحِيَّةَ صَبٍّ قَرَّحَ الدَمعُ جَفنَهُ
تُخَفِّفُ مِن قَلبِ المُتَيَّمِ حُزنَهُ
The greetings of a youth whose tears have wounded his eyelids
It alleviates the sorrow of the bereaved heart
وَإِيّاكُما ذاكَ النَسيمُ فَإِنَّهُ
مَتى هَبَّ كانَ الوَجدُ أَيسَرَ خَطبِهِ
And beware of that breeze for when it blows
Passion becomes easier in its predicament
لَقَد جُرتُما في الحُبِّ لَمّا عَذَلتُما
مُحِبّاً بَراهُ حُبُّ ساكِنَةِ الحِما
You both have become exposed to love since you were blamed
A lover whom the love of she who dwells in protection saw
ذَراهُ فَما يَزدادُ إِلّا تَتَيُّما
خَليلَيَّ لَو أَبصَرتُما لَعَذرتُما
Leave him be and he only increases in bereavement
My two friends, if you saw him you would excuse him
مَحَلَّ الهَوى مِن مَغرمِ الصَبِّ صَبّهِ
أَلا مَن لِصَبٍّ لا يفيقُ مِنَ الجَوى
The abode of passion of the enamored youth is his passion
Oh he who does not recover from passion and separation
حَليفُ ضَنىً شَطَّت بِهِ غربَةُ النَوى
إِذا لاحَ بَرقُ الحاجِرِيَّةِ بِاللِوى
A friend of grief carried away by the estrangement of familiarity
When the lightning of Al-Hajriyya flickers in the twisted valley
تَذَكَّر والذِكرى تَشوقُ وذو الهَوى
يَتوقُ وَمَن يَعلَق بِهِ الحُبُّ يُصبِهِ
He remembers and remembrance yearns and the passionate yearns
And he who is afflicted by love is afflicted by it
بِروحِيَ مَن أَضحى لِروحِيَ فِتنَةً
أَرى حُبّهُ فَرضاً عَلَيَّ وَسُنَّةً
By my soul, he who has become an affliction upon my soul
I see his love as a duty and tradition upon me
بَديعُ التَثَنّي يُخجِلُ الوَردَ فِتنَةً
أَغرُ إِذا آنَستُ في الحَيِّ أَنَّةً
The beautiful repeatedly confuses the rose with his beauty
I am fascinated when I detect liveliness in him
حَذاراً وَخَوفاً أَن يَكونَ لِحُبِّهِ
أَميرُ جَمالٍ جائِرٌ في قَضائِهِ
Be cautious and fearful that his love will be
A prince of beauty who is unjust in his decree
إِذا سارَ سارَ البَدرُ تَحتَ لِوائِهِ
أَقولُ إِذا ما ماسَ تَحتَ قِبابِهِ
When he walks, the full moon walks beneath his banner
I say when it touches beneath his abode
غَراماً عَلى يَأسِ الهَوى وَرَجائِهِ
وَشَوقاً عَلى بُعدِ المَزارِ وَقُربِهِ
Passionate despite the desperation of passion and its hopes
And longing despite the distance of pilgrimage and its nearness
وَلَم آنسَها في الرَكبِ واهِيَةَ القُوى
تَقولُ وَقَد جَدَّ الرَحيلُ مِنَ اللِوى
I did not detect her among the traveling party, weak in determination
She says as traveling intensified from the valley
عَزيزٌ عَلَينا أَن يَشُطَّ بِنا النَوى
وَفي الرَكبِ مَطوِيُّ الضُلوعِ عَلى جَوى
It is difficult for us that familiarity stirs us
And in the group is one with crumpled ribs from passion
مَتى يَدعُهُ داعي الغَرامِ يُلَبِّهِ
أُحِبُّ الَّذي فيهِ مِنَ الظَبيِ لَمحَةٌ
When will he leave him when the caller of love beckons him
I love the one who has the gestures of a gazelle in him
يَحَلُّ سُرورٌ حيثُ حَلَّ وَفَرحَةٌ
جُفونُ المُعَنّى فيهِ بِالدَمعِ سَمحَةٌ
Serenity comes wherever he settles as well as joy
The eyelids of meaning in him are generous with tears
إِذا خَطَرَت مِن جانِبِ الحَيِّ نَفحَةٌ
تَضَمَّنُ مِنها داءُهُ دونَ صَحبِهِ
When a breeze blows from the side of the neighborhood
Carrying an affliction from it besides his companions
حَبيبٌ لِقَلبي فِعلُهُ فِعلُ مُبغِض
لِناظِرِهِ المُسوَدِّ فَتكَةُ أَبيَضِ
A beloved to my heart whose actions are the actions of a hater
To his frowning onlooker the attack of a smiling face
جُعِلتُ فِداهُ مِن مُعِلٍّ وَمُمرِض
وَمُحتَجِبٍ بَينَ الأَسِنَّةِ مُعرِضٍ
I sacrifice myself for him from a blamer and a sick one
And one who is veiled amongst the gossipers, indifferent
وَفي القَلبِ مِن إِراضِهِ مِثل حَجبِهِ
And in the heart is the like of his disregard despite his veil
