غبطت جوارحنا عليك الأعينا
لما اجتلت تلكَ المحاسنُ والثنا
Our eyes were envious of you
When your beauty and elegance appeared
هيفاء تحسب وجهها شمس الضحى
طلعت وتحسب قدّها غصن القنا
Haifa thinks her face is the morning sun
She rose and thinks her stature is a branched palm tree
تبدو فيمحو نورها ظلم الدجى
حتى تظن الليل صبحاً بينّا
She appears and her light dispels the darkness of night
You'd think the night was a bright morning between us
تمشى السوا فإذا تذكر قدّها
أن التثنى شيمة الغصنِ انثنى
She walks erect, so when she remembers her stature
That bending is the trait of the branch, it bent
يا لائمي واللهِ ما انصفتَني
فيما تلومُ وأنت تجهل ما هنا
Oh you who blame me, by God you have not been fair to me
In what you blame while you are ignorant of what is here
توصي بغض الطرف عمن لو بدتْ
لجعلت مدَّ الطرف فيها ديدَنا
You advise turning eyes away from one who, if she appeared
Would make gazing at her our habit
ما اغضبتني قطُّ إِلا مرةً
إذ قلت أنا أفديك قالت بل أنا
She has never angered me except once
When I said "I sacrifice myself for you" and she said "No, I do"
طلبت رضاي بما يسوء مسامعي
فيها ويوجب أن أسرَّ وأحزَنا
I sought her satisfaction with what offends my hearing
And causes me to be secretive and sad
مازلت مذ شطت بأحبابي النوى
واعتضتَ عن نومي الدموعَ الهتّنا
I have not ceased, since I rode off with my loved ones
And you prevented me from sleeping, to let our tears flow
مستاذناً للطيفِ إن يلج الكرىَ
عيني فيأبي دمعها أن يأذنا
Asking leave of the beloved, if he would enter the abodes
Of my eyes, but my tears refuse to permit it
لو خاض طيفك في بحارِ مَدامعي
خوضي لبحر عطاءِ يحيى مُمكنا
If your phantom plunged into the seas of my tears
My plunge into the sea of Yahya's generosity makes it possible
أعطى فظن الوافدون بأنها
رؤياً فظلوا يمسحون الأعينا
He gave until the visitors thought
It was a dream, and they kept wiping their eyes
ويقول بعضهم لبعض أنتمُ
يقظي وهذا كله هبةٌ لنا
And some of them said to others, "You
Are awake, and all this is a gift to us"
لم يبقَ ما تأتى لملكٍ بعدها
حالاً يؤهل للمحامد بيّنا
No state remains for any king after her
That qualifies for clear praises
