لو كان بالصبرِ الجميلِ مَلاذُه

ما سَحَّ وابِلُ دَمْعِه ورَذاذُهُ

If patience and forbearance were his refuge

His tears and sorrow would not have flowed

ما زال جيشُ الحبِّ يَغْزو قلبه

حتى وَهَى فتقطعتْ أَفْلاذه

The army of love still storms his heart

Until his vitals wore out and severed

لم يَبْقَ فيه مع الغرام بقيةٌ

إلا رَسيس تحتويه جُذاذه

Naught remains in him, save the sigh

That his ribs contain, a hollow sound

من كان يرغبُ في السلامة فلْيَكُن

أبداً من الحَدَق المِراضِ عياذُه

He who desires salvation, let him be

Safe from the mischievous and playful eyes

لا تَغْرُرَنَّك بالفتورِ فإنه

مرضٌ يضرُّ بقلِبك اسْتِلْذاذه

Be not fooled by indifference, for

It is an ailment that hurts your heart when it allures

يا أيُّها الرَّشَأُ الذي مِنْ لحظِه

سهمٌ إلى حَبِّ القلوب نَفاذه

Oh you, whose glance is like

An arrow shot straight to the hearts when it desires

دُرٌّ يلوح بِفيكَ من نَظّامُه

خمرٌ يجول عليه مَنْ نَبّاذُه

A pearl shining through your mouth from its stringer

Wine stirred by the one who fetched it

وقناةُ ذاك القَدِّ كيف تَقوَّمت

وسِنان ذاك اللحظِ ما فُولاذه

That waist, how could it straighten

And the teeth of that glance, what is their mettle

رِفْقاً بجسمك لا يذوبُ فإنني

أخشى بأنْ يَجْفو عليه لاذُه

Gently, lest your body melts, for I

Fear it might dry up and lose its moisture

هاروتُ يَعْجِز عن مَواقعِ سِحْره

وهو الإمامُ فمن تُرى أستاذه

Harut is helpless against his sorcery

And he is the Imam, who then is his mentor

تاللهِ ما علقتْ مَحاسُنك أمرأً

إلا وعزَّ على الورى اسْتِنْقاذه

By Allah, your beauty has not fancied

Anyone unless it was hard to retrieve him back

أَغْزيتَ حبَّك في القلوبِ فأذعنتْ

طَوْعاً وقد أَوْدَى بها اسْتِحواذه

You have invaded with your love in the hearts

So they surrendered, totally dominated

مالي أتيتُ الحظَّ من أبوابه

جهدي فَدام نفورُه ولواذه

Why did I approach fortune from its doors

My efforts failed, so persistent was its refusal

إياكَ من طمعِ المُنَى فعَزيزه

كذَليله وغنيُّه شَحّاذه

Beware the greed of wishes, for rarely

Can the humble get it, while the rich are deprived

ذالية ابن دريد استهوى بها

قوماً غداةَ نَبتْ به بغداذه

A lady, Ibn Duraid was infatuated with

A people were ruins when she blossomed in Baghdad

دانوا لُزخرفِ قوله فتفرقوا

طمعاً فهم صَرْعاه أو جُذّاذه

They succumbed to the adornment of his words and scattered

Seeking her, some attained her, some flirted

من قَدَّر الرزقَ الذي لك أَيْنَما

قد كان ليس يضرُّه إنفاذه

He who apportioned you your sustenance wherever

It has been, does not harm him to grant it