حَوى الحِبُّ خَمساً بَهجَةً نُكهَةً لَماً

سَنَى نُورهُ قَالُوا اجتَمَعن بِهِ لِما

Love embodied five, delight, savor, moisture, dew,

Its light adorned, they said, unite with it for dew.

وقد حَاز خَمساً رِقَّةً ولَطَافَةً

وحَسناً وإحسَاناً وثَغراً ومَبسَمَا

It obtained five, gentleness, delicacy,

Beauty, kindness, a mouth and a smile.

حَوى خَدُّهُ خَمساً بَيَاضاً وحُمرةً

وخَالاً ونَاراً يَا خَلِيلِي ثُمَّ مَا

His cheek embodied five, whiteness, redness,

A mole, fire - O my friend - then what?

حَوى لَحظُهُ خَمساً فُتُوراً وفِتنَةً

وجِيداً وشَعراً ثُمَّ صدغاً مُنَمنَماً

His glance embodied five, langour, temptation,

Excellence, poetry, then a dimpled cheek.

وأعشَقُ خَمساً عُجبضهُ ودلالَهُ

وصوتاً حَلا والقَدَّ إذمَاس والفَمَا

And I love five - his charm, coquetry,

A sweet voice, the slenderness of his waist and mouth.

حَوى ثَغرهُ خَمساً سُلافاً وسُكَّراً

وشَهداً ومِسكاً ثُمَّ دُرَّا مُنَظَّمَا

His lips embodied five, limpidity, sugar,

Honey, musk, then strung pearls.

لَقَد حَاز خَمساً غُصن بَانٍ وروضةً

وشَمساً إذا لاحَت وبَدراً وأنجُمَا

He obtained five, a supple branch, a meadow,

A sun when it shines, a moon and stars.

وقَد حَاز خَمساً عِزَّةً وصِيَانَةً

ومُلكاً وحَظَّا وافِراً وتَحَكُّمَا

He obtained five, pride, safekeeping,

Kingdom, fortune in plenty, and mastery.

تَعَلَّم خَمساً قَسوة القَلبَِ والجَفَا

وسِحراً وصدَّا ثُمَّ مَال وأقسَمَا

He learned five, cruelty of heart and aloofness,

Sorcery, rejection, then property and oaths.

وأورثَنِي خَمساً سُهَاداً وحَسرةً

ووجداً وسُقماً زائِداً وتَألُّمَا

And he bequeathed me five, wakefulness, sorrow,

Passion, illness increasing, and suffering.

سَأطلُبُ خَمساً طَاعَةً مِنهُ والرّضا

ووِدَّا وعَطفاً ثُمَّ وصلاً مُسَلَّمَا

I will seek five from him, obedience, consent,

Love, kindness, then union in peace.

أخَالِفُ خَمساً فِيهِ أهلِي وأهلَهُ

رَقِيباً وعُذَّالاً كَذِلِك لُوَّمَا

I oppose five, where I and his people

Are censorious, blaming - and likewise blamed.