أَمَوْلايَ حَقُّ العَبْدِ تَقْريرُ عُذْرِهِ

إِذَا هُوَ لَمْ يَلْقَ الحُقُوقَ بِلائِقِ

My wealth, the right of a servant is to justify his excuse

When he does not find his rights suitable

مَنَائِحُ أَسْدَتْها منَاحٍ كَرِيمَةٌ

تُفَوَّفُ لِلأَحْدَاقِ مِثْل الحَدَائِقِ

Graceful palms that resemble gardens for the eyes

Pure honeyed wrists and excellent creation

وَتبْرِيَّةِ الأَكْمَامِ شَهْدِيَّةِ الجَنَى

حَلَتْ وَتَحَلَّتْ زَاكِيَاتِ الخَلائِقِ

She has non-Arabic charms though born an Arab savior

Her lofty palms are enough for you as signposts

لَهَا عَجَمٌ فِي العُربِ وُلِّدَ مُنجِياً

وَحَسْبُكَ مِنْها بِالسَّوامِي السَّوامِقِ

As if their red fingertips, when glowing,

Are torches guiding every night visitor

كَأَنَّ بِأَعْلاها إِذَا احْمَرَّ بُسْرُهَا

مَشَاعِلُ تُهْدِي في الدُّجَى كُلَّ طارِقِ

As if one feasting on her dates has sated himself

On the saliva of sweet ripened fruits

كَأَنَّ الذِي تُهْدِيهِ مِنْ تَمْرِها اغْتَذَى

بِرِيقَةِ مَوْمُوقٍ وَرِقَّةِ وامِقِ

You graced her scattered and combined her

In a poem like a necklace around a slender neck

مَنَنْتَ بِها مَنْثورَةً وَشَفَعْتَها

بِمَنْظومَةٍ كالعِقْدِ فِي نَحْرِ عاتِقِ

Of words belonging to the exalted ones

Honored by your works, pure pages

مِنَ الكَلِمِ اللائِي انْتَمَيْنَ إِلَى العُلَى

وَشَرَّفْنَ بِالتَّسْويدِ بِيضَ المَهَارِقِ