حُكْمُ الْجُفُونِ عَلَى فُؤَادِي مَاضِي

كَيْفَ التَّخَلُّصُ وَالْخَصيمُ الْقَاضِي

The judgment of my eyelids against my heart has passed

How can I escape when my opponent is the judge?

وَمنَ الْعَجَائِبِ أَنَّ أَحْكَامَ الْهَوَى

جَوْرٌ وَلَكِنِّي بِذَلِكَ رَاضِي

Among the wonders is that the rulings of passion

Are unjust, yet I am pleased with them

يَا بَانةً تَلْوِي مَعَاطِفَهَا الصَّبَا

لِلْحُسْنِ بَيْنَ حَدَائِقٍ وَريَاضِ

O she who wraps her cloaks in the morning breeze

For beauty, between gardens and meadows

غَمَرَاتُ طَرْفِكَ فِي القُلُوبِ تَخَالُهَا

مِثْلُ السِّهَامِ مَضَتْ إِلَى الأَغْرَاضِ

Your glances overflowing in hearts imagine them

Like arrows released to their targets

وَلَّدْتَ أَشْكَالَ الْجَمَالِ بِوَجْنَةٍ

أَلَفْتَ فِيهَا حُمْرَةً بِبَيَاضِ

You created the forms of beauty with a cheek

Where you combined redness with whiteness

وَأَصَبْتَ لِي قَلْباً صَحِيحاً سَالِماً

عَمْداً بأَجْفَانٍ لَدَيْكَ مِرَاضِ

And you have stricken my heart, healthy and safe

Intentionally, with your ailing eyelids

عَذّبْ بِمَا تَرْضَى وَمَا تَخْتَارُه

قَلْبِي بِغَيْرِ الصَّد وَالإِعْرَاضِ

Torment my heart as you wish and as you choose

Without disdain and refusal

وَاعْطِفْ عَلَيَّ بِزْورةٍ يَابُغْيَتِي

فَلَقَد غَرِقْتُ بِدَمْعِيَ الْفَيَّاضِ

And show me kindness, my doe

For I have drowned in my streaming tears

وَتَعَالَ نَأَخُذْ بِاَلْهَوَى عَهْداً كَمَا

كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ فِي الزَّمَانِ الْمَاضِي

Come, let us take a vow of passion

As we once did in days gone by