سَرى لَكَ طَيفٌ مِن سُلَيمَةَ بَعدَما

سَرى لَكَ طَيفٌ مِن سُلَيمَةَ بَعدَما

هَدا ساهِرُ السُمّارِ لَيلاً فَأَعتَما

هَدا ساهِرُ السُمّارِ لَيلاً فَأَعتَما

A vision of Sulayma came to you by night, after

the wakeful one among the night-talkers had grown still, late into the night.

أَلَمَّ بِحَسرى بَينَ حَسرى تَوَسَّدوا

أَلَمَّ بِحَسرى بَينَ حَسرى تَوَسَّدوا

مَذارِعَ أَنضاءٍ تَجافَينَ سُهَّما

مَذارِعَ أَنضاءٍ تَجافَينَ سُهَّما

It visited weary travelers amid weary mounts, who pillowed their heads on

the forelegs of exhausted mounts, gaunt and lying apart.

فَبِتنا كَأَنَّ العَنبَرَ البَحتَ بَينَنا

فَبِتنا كَأَنَّ العَنبَرَ البَحتَ بَينَنا

وَبالَةَ تَجرٍ فارُها قَد تَخَرَّما

وَبالَةَ تَجرٍ فارُها قَد تَخَرَّما

So we spent the night as though pure ambergris lay between us,

and a merchants’ perfume-bale whose musk-pouch had split open.