دُموعُ عَيني بِها اِنبِساطُ
وَنَومُ عَيني بِهِ اِنقِباضُ
My tears make my eyes open wide;
while sleep makes my eyes close tight.
فَهَل لِمَولاتي عَطفُ قَلبٍ
وَلِلَّذي في الحَشا اِنقِراضُ
Does my lady, then, have any tenderness of heart,
and will what lies within my breast ever die away?
أَتَرى الزَمانَ يَسُرُّنا بِتَلاقِ
وَيَضُمُّ مُشتاقاً إِلى مُشتاقِ
Do you think time will delight us with a meeting,
and clasp one yearning lover to another?
مَن لَهُ في حِرِ أُمِّهِ أَلفُ قَرنٍ
قَد أَنافَت عَلى عُلُوِّ مَنافِ
One whose mother’s cunt bears a thousand horns
that have towered above the height of Manāf.
Sol 5.6