كانَ التَنَقُّلُ في الغَرامِ يَلُذُّ لي

بَينَ الحِسانِ وَكُلُّ ظَبيٍ أَكحَلِ

Roaming in love was delightful for me

Among the beauties and every black-eyed gazelle

حَتّى إِذا شاهَدتَ مَنظَرَكَ الجَلي

وَقَفَ الهَوى بي حَيثُ أَنتَ فَلَيسَ لي

Until when I saw your radiant sight

Passion stopped me wherever you are, I have no

مُتَأَخِّرٌ عَنهُ وَلا مُتَقَدِّمُ

لا تَسأَلني نَفساً عَهِدَت عَزيزَةً

Going forward or back from it

Do not ask a soul that made a promise noble

لِمَ أَصبَحَت لِلَومٍ فيكَ مُجيزَة

إِنّي وَحُبُّكَ قَد غَدَوتِ غَريزَةً

Why it has become amenable to blame in you

I and your love have become an instinct

أَجِدُ المَلامَةَ في هَواكِ لَذيذَة

حُبّاً لِذِكرِكَ فَليَلُمني اللَومُ

I find blame for your love sweet

For love of your mention, so let blame come to me

حَتّى مَ اِحمَلَ في رِضاكَ مُكابِراً

وَجداً لَهُ ما كُنتُ أَعرِفُ آخِرا

Until I carry on pleased in your consent

Seriously to it what I did not know later

جَرَّبَتني فَوَجَدتُ عَداً شاكِراً

وَاِهنَتني فانَت نَفسي صاغِرا

You tried me and found me counting kindnesses

And you tempted me and my soul became humbled

ما مَن يَهونُ عَلَيكَ ِمَّن يُكرَمُ

لا غَروَ إِن دَنَتِ الوُشاةُ وَحِزبَهُم

He who is degraded by you is not to be honored

No wonder if the slanderers came near and their party

مِنّي وَكُنتُ أُسيئُهُم وَأَسُبُّهُم

لَمّا رَأَيتُكَ مِثلَهُم قَرَّبتَهُم

From me when you made them like me I brought them near

I made your haters resemble me so I started loving them

أَشبَهتَ عُذّالي فَصِرتُ أُحِبُّهُم

إِذا كانَ حَظّي مِنكَ حَظّي مِنهُم

When my fortune with you is my fortune with them