بَدا فَأَراني الظَبيَ وَالغصَن وَالبَدرا

فَتَبّاً لِقَلبٍ لا يَبيتُ بِهِ مغرى

The gazelle appeared, so it showed me the branch and the full moon

So shame on a heart that doesn't harbor passion within

نَبيّ جَمال كُلّما فيهِ مُعجزٌ

مِنَ الحُسنِ لَكِن وَجهُهُ الآيَةُ الكُبرى

A prophet of beauty, everything about him is miraculous

With beauty, but his face is the greatest miracle

أَقامَ بِلال الخالي في صَحنِ خَدِّهِ

يُراقِبُ مِن لَألاءِ غَرّته الفجرا

Bilal stayed in the field of his cheek

Observing the dawn from the radiance of his light

مِنَ التركِ لَم يَترُك بِقَلبي تَجَلُّداً

فتورٌ بِجفَنَيهِ المِراضِ وَلا صَبرا

He did not leave me with any composure towards him

Languor in his eyelids, illness, and no patience

أُغالِطُ إِخواني إِذا ذَكروا لَهُ

حَديثاً كَأَنّي لا أُحِبُّ لَهُ ذِكرا

I pretend with my friends when they mention him

Talk, as if I don't love the mention of him

وَأصغي إِذا جاءوا بِغَيرِ حَديثِهِ

بِسَمعي وَلَكِنّي أَذوبُ لهُ فِكرا

And I listen when they come with talk other than his

With my hearing but I melt for him in thought

أَعاذِل هَل بَصَرتَ مِن قَبلِ وَجهِهِ

وَعارِضه ناراً حَوَت جَنَّةً خَضرا

Do I blame - have you seen before his face

And opposed it with fire surrounding a green garden

تَرَفّعَ عَن حَدِّ الملاحَةِ رُتبَةً

فَأَحمَدتُ فِعلاً حَيثُ أَسكنَتهُ الصَدَرا

He rose above the level of flirtation

So I praised the deed when it settled in the chest

بِورحي وَقَلبي شادِنٌ غَنجُ طَرفِهِ

يُعَلِّمُ هاروتَ الكَهانَة وَالسِحرا

With my spirit and heart, the glance of his eye

Teaches Harut and Marut sorcery and magic

يرَنّحُ عَطفَيهِ الدَلال فَيَنثني

كَما هَزَّ نَشوانٌ مَعاطِفهُ شُكرا

The coquetry of his charm sways

As Nushwan shook his clothes in thanks

أَرى العَدلَ مَعروفاً بِكِسرى فَلِم أُرى

ظُلِمتُ بِأَجفانٍ شَهدت بِها كسرى

I see justice known through Chosroes so why do I see

I was wronged by eyelids I saw Chosroes with

كَأَنّا تَعادينا السَقامَ لِحاجَةٍ

فَأَمرَضَني جِسماً وَأَنحَلتهُ خَصرا

It was as if we opposed illness out of need

So it sickened my body and melted my waist

سَرى طَيفُهُ لَيلاً إِلَيَّ مُجَدِّداً

عُهودَ الهَوى يا حَبَّذا ليلَةَ الإ سرا

The specter of him came to me at night renewing

The pledges of love, oh the blessed night of intimacy