لا تَطلُبوا ثَأري فَلا حَقَّ لي
عَلى لِحاظِ الرِئمِ مِن مَقتَلِ
Seek not my revenge, for I have no right
Upon the pillow of sleep to end a life.
سَمَحتُ في سَفكِ دَمي راضِياً
بِرَشفَةٍ مِن ريقِكَ السَلسَلِ
I pardoned shedding my blood willingly
With a sip of your saliva's trickling.
وِصالُ موسى لَحظَةٌ صَفوُها
يُشابُ بِالواشينَ وَالعُذَّلِ
Moses' union was a moment so pure
Defiled by spies and slanderers vile.
قَصيرَةٌ تُضرِمُ نارَ الهَوى
كَأَنَّها قَبسَةُ مُستَعجِلِ
Brief flaming love's fires rapidly
Like an impatient spark, ardently.
لَحظٌ يَرى القَتلَ مُنى نَفسِهِ
وَالعارَ أَن يَترُكَ قَلبَ الخَلي
A glance sees death as its soul's desire
And shame to leave a heart left lonely.
غَضُّ الصِبا يُسفِرُ عَن مَنظَرٍ
أَحسَنَ مِن عَصرِ الصِبا المُقبِلِ
Youth's waning reveals a fairer sight
Than youth's blossoming days newly.
صُوِّرَ مِن نورٍ وَمِن فِتنَةٍ
وَالناسُ مِن ماءٍ وَمِن صَلصَلِ
Formed of light and temptation amain
While people of water and clay remain.
شاكي سِلاحِ القَدِّ وَاللَحظِ في
حَربِ شَجٍ عَن صَبرِهِ أَعزَلِ
Lament the weapon of time and gaze in
A battle rendered witless, dazed in
مُنسَلِبِ الحيلَةِ وَالصَبرِ لا
يَأوي إِلى عَقلٍ وَلا مَعقِلِ
Bereft of cunning and patience, no
Shelter in reason or keep to go.
ذو ضِنَّةٍ يَمنَعُ بَذلَ المُنى
قَولاً وَمَهما قالَ لَم يَفعَلِ
Miserly, denying the wish its way
In word; though he promise, he won't convey
يَنفي لِيَ الحالَ وَلَكِنَّهُ
يُدخِلُ لا في كُلِّ مُستَقبَلِ
Denying me present, yet he'll allow
No entry to any tomorrow.
أَحَلتُ أَشواقي عَلى ذِكرِهِ
أُسَلِّطُ النارَ عَلى المَندَلِ
I set my passions afire with his name,
Stoke the blaze higher in the brazier's flame.
يا شَرَكَ الأَلبابِ كُن مُجمِلاً
وَاِستَحيِ مِن مَنظَرِكَ الأَجمَلِ
Oh beauty's companion, be gentle, pray,
Ashamed of your gaze, so gracefully.
أَخشى عَلَيكَ العارَ مِن قَولِهِم
مُعتَدِلُ القامَةِ لَم يَعدِلِ
I fear for you censure from their dictum:
"Straight of form, but crooked his wisdom."
أَبيتُ فَرداً مِنكَ لَكِنَّني
مِنَ المُنى وَالذِكرِ في مَحفِلِ
I refused all alone from you, but I
In wish and name thronged the assembly.
وَقَد رَثى مِن سَهَري في الدُجى
شَقيقُكَ البَدرُ وَلَم تَرثِ لي
Your brother the moon in night's dim keep
Kept vigil, while you slumbered, asleep.
