يا قُرَّةَ العَيْنِ إنَّ العَينَ تَهْوَاكِ
فَما تَقَرُّ بِشَيء غير مَرآكِ
O delight of my eye, truly the eye desires you
So it finds no peace in anything other than seeing you
للَّهِ طرفَيَّ أضحا لا يَشُوقُهما
إلا سناكِ وإلا طيبَ مغناكِ
By Allah, my glances have become unable to desire
Anything but your brilliance and the fragrance of your singing
قَد أخجلَ الشَّمسَ أنَّ الشَّمسَ غارِبَةٌ
وَمُذ تَطَلَّعتِ لم يَغْرُب مُحَيَّاكِ
The sun is ashamed that while the sun sets
Since you shone forth, your glow has not diminished
لا تَبْرُزي لِيَ في حَلْي وَفِي حُلَلِ
فالحُسْن غشّاكِ مَا وشَّى وحلاكِ
Do not come out to me in jewelry and fine garments
For beauty has covered you without need for adornment
يا شُغْلَ عَيْني إِذا لَمْ أخْشَ مِنْكِ نَوىً
وَشُغْلَ قَلْبِي إِذا لَمْ أرْجُ لُقَيَاكِ
O occupation of my eye when I harbor no ill intentions toward you
And preoccupation of my heart when I hope for nothing but to meet you
لا تَسْتَطيعُ حُمَيَّا الكَرْم تُسكرني
وقَد تَسَاقَطْتُ سكْراً مِنْ حميّاكِ
The wine of generosity can not intoxicate me
When I have fallen drunken merely from your fervor
سُمِّيتِ بالحُسنِ لَمَّا أن خُصِصْتِ به
فَطَابَقَ اسمُكِ يا حَسْنَا مُسَمَّاكِ
You were named Beauty when you were distinguished by it
So your name suits you, O beautifully named one!
لا وَاخَذَ اللَّه إلا مَنْ يُعَنِّفُني
عَلَى هَوَاكِ اعتِداء وهْوَ يَهْواكِ
None will take you from me but He who would punish me
For my passion, though He Himself inspired desire for you in me
أَخشاكِ غَضْبَى كَما أَرْجوكِ راضِيةً
فكَمْ أرَجِّيكِ يا هَذي وأَخْشاكِ
I fear your anger as I hope for your pleasure
So how I hope for you, O this one, and fear you!
أبكِي لِبَيْنِكِ إنْ آبَى الكَرَى أسَفاً
يا سُوءَ ما كَلَّفت عَينَيَّ عَيْنَاكِ
I weep for our separation, should fate refuse
Oh, how ill-fated are the eyes that gazed upon your eyes!
ما أعجب الدّهر يرْجو أنْ يُنَسِّيَنِي
هَوَاكِ جَهلاً وَلا واللَّهِ أَنْساكِ
How strange is time, hoping to make me forget
Your love in ignorance! No, by God, I will not forget you
وكَيفَ أَنْسَى عُهوداً بالْحِمَى سَلَفَتْ
لا صَبْرَ لي عِندَ ذِكرَاها وذِكراكِ
How could I forget covenants made long ago?
I have no patience when they and you are remembered
وَكَمْ لَيَالٍ قَطَعْنَاها بِكاظِمَةٍ
نَجْوَى وشَكوَى بِما يَلْقَاهُ مُضْناكِ
And how many nights we spent concealing
Our intimate conversation and lamentations for what distressed you
كَتَمتُ مَسراكِ فِيها خَوفَ عَاذِلَةٍ
وَعاذِلٍ فَأَذاعَ المِسْكُ مَسْراكِ
I hid your secret then, fearing the slanderer
But musk itself broadcast your scent
غنّى الوِشاحُ على خصْرَيْكِ مِن طَرَبٍ
فيها فَأصْغَى لِمَا عَنَّاكِ حِجْلاكِ
The sash sang out in rapture around your waist
So it listened to the tale your anklets related
وَقَد عَفَفتُ عَلى حِرْصي بآيةِ مَا
بَذَلْتِ طَوْعاً فلَم أعرضْ له فَاكِ
I restrained my eagerness out of reverence for your
Free gift of favor, so I did not demand your kiss
واهاً لِهَيْمان يَلْقَى الأُسْدَ ضَاريَةً
يوْمَ النِّزال وَينْبُو حِينَ يَلْقَاكِ
Woe to one who meets the fierce lion in battle
Yet whimpers when he meets you!
شاكِي السِّلاحَ ويَشكو من مُحَجَّبَةٍ
عزْلاءَ فاعْجَب لِشَاكٍ قَدْ غَدا شاكِ
He complains of arms but complains of a veiled woman
Secluded, so wonder at one who has become a complainer when he meets you!
غنّى الوِشاحُ على خصْرَيْكِ مِن طَرَبٍ
فيها فَأصْغَى لِمَا عَنَّاكِ حِجْلاكِ
The sash sang out in rapture around your waist
So it listened to the tale your anklets related
وَقَد عَفَفتُ عَلى حِرْصي بآيةِ مَا
بَذَلْتِ طَوْعاً فلَم أعرضْ له فَاكِ
I restrained my eagerness out of reverence for your
Free gift of favor, so I did not demand your kiss
واهاً لِهَيْمان يَلْقَى الأُسْدَ ضَاريَةً
يوْمَ النِّزال وَينْبُو حِينَ يَلْقَاكِ
Woe to one who meets the fierce lion in battle
Yet whimpers when he meets you!
شاكِي السِّلاحَ ويَشكو من مُحَجَّبَةٍ
عزْلاءَ فاعْجَب لِشَاكٍ قَدْ غَدا شاكِ
He complains of arms but complains of a veiled woman
Secluded, so wonder at one who has become a complainer when he meets you!
