باتت تُعاطيني حُميَّاها

بيضاءُ كالبدر مُحيَّاها

Her affection showers me with its whiteness

as white as the full moon is her greeting

جاءَت من الفردوسِ تهدي لنا

نفحةَ كافورٍ بمسراها

She came from Paradise to give us

a camphor-scented breeze with her delight

لو لم تكن من حُورِها لم يكن

رحيقُها بين ثناياها

Had she not been one of its maidens, her nectar

would not have been between her sides

ذاتُ قوامٍ حبَّذا بانةً

منه نسيمُ الدلِّ ثناها

Of a stature made perfectly for yearning

from which blows the breeze of ardency bending her

ووجنةٌ تُغنيك في شمِّها

عن شمِّك الوردَ بريَّاها

With a cheek that makes you forget in its fragrance

the smelling of roses and lilies combined

بتُّ كما شئتُ بها ناعماً

مُعانقاً مُرتشفاً فاها

I remained as I wished with her, gentle

embracing, sipping her mouth

في روضةٍ تَروي صَباها الشذا

عن حَسنٍ لا عن خُزاماها

In a meadow whose youth is watered by fascination

not from beauty but from her refinement

مَن لم يدع للفخرِ من غايةٍ

إلاَّ وقد أحرزَ أقصاها

Whoever did not supplicate the Pride

except that he attained its furthest end

لم تجر أهلُ السبق في شأوهِ

إلاَّ غدا العجزُ قُصاراها

The people of precedence did not go about his affair

except that inability became too short for it

ذو راحةٍ أغزرُ من ديمةٍ

تجلُها كفُّ نعاماها

Of a tranquility richer than a riverbed

shaded by the palm of her ostrich

تُنميهِ من حيِّ العُلى أسرةٌ

أحلى من الشهدِ سجاياها

A family nurtures him from the living of the Most High

sweeter than honey are its morsels

هم أنجمُ الأرضِ بأنوارِهم

أضاءَ أقصاها وأدناها

They are the stars of the earth with their lights

illuminating its furthest and nearest parts