يا سِراجَ الجَمالِ يا ابْنَ سِراجِ

يا هِلالاً في أسْعَدِ الأبْراجِ

O lamp of beauty, O son of the lamp

O crescent in the most auspicious of mansions

كُلّما رُمْتُ فِيكَ بَعْضَ سُلُوٍّ

رَجَعَ الشّوْقُ بي علَى الأدْراجِ

Whenever I throw towards you some passion

Yearning returns me to the threshold

أنْتَ شَمْسي فكُلَّما غابَ عنّي

فنَهاري مِثْلُ الظّلامِ الدّاجِي

You are my sun so whenever you are absent from me

My day is like the gloomy darkness

يا مَريضَ الجُفونِ أمْرَضْتَ قَلْبي

فادّرِكْني فَفي يَدَيْكَ عِلاجي

O sick of eyelids, you have sickened my heart

So save me for the remedy is in your hands

أجُفونٌ تُجيلُها أمْ كُؤوسٌ

أُتْرِعَتْ للهَوى بغَيْرِ مِزاجِ

Are they eyelids that give shade or cups

Quenched with love without moderation

تَخْدَعُ النّاسَ بالفُتورِ فَفيها

نُسْكُ بِشْرٍ وسَطْوةُ الحَجّاجِ

You deceive people with composure, yet in them

Is the mark of good news and severity of the judge

يا غَزالاً غَزا دِيارَ الأعادي

وأجالَ الجِيادَ تحْتَ العَجاجِ

O gazelle that attacked the lands of enemies

And stirred the steeds beneath the howdahs

لكَ يا فارِسَ الخُيولِ أُنادي

لكَ يا عَنْتَرَ الصُّفوفِ أُناجي

To you, O knight of horses, I call

To you, O Antar of ranks, I whisper secretly

هُزَّ منْ مِعْطَفَيْكَ ذابِلَ خَطٍّ

ذا قَوامٍ مُهَفْهَفٍ وانْدِماجِ

Shake off from your coat traces of the withered line

Of sturdy stature and cohesion

وشِمِ السّيْفَ منْ لِحاظِكَ تَفْري

كلَّ دِرْعٍ مُضاعَفٍ في الهِياجِ

And unsheathe the sword from your scabbard to shred

Each coat of mail during turmoil

يا عَذولي إليْكَ عنّي فإنّي

لسْتُ بالنُّصْحِ منْكَ بالمُحْتاجِ

O intimate, towards you from me, for I

Do not need advice from you

شَفّني حُبُّ جَوْهَريّ الثَّنايا

كَوْثَريُّ اللّما لَطيفُ المِزاجِ

Heal me, love of my precious beloved

Of delicate physique and pleasant disposition

أضْرَمَ النّارَ في فُؤادي وهَلْ تُنْ

كَرُ نارٌ تولّدَتْ عنْ سِراجِ

He kindled fire in my heart, would one deny

A fire sparked from a lamp

وحَماني عذْبَ الرُّضابِ فجادَتْ

مُقْلَتي فوْقَ وَجْنَتِي بالأُجاجِ

And he made me taste the sweetest pleasure so

My eyelashes flowed over my cheeks with passion

غَفَرَ الله لي لقَدْ جِئْتُ زُوراً

بجِدالٍ مُلَفَّقٍ وحِجاجِ

May God forgive me, I have come falsely

With fabricated dispute and controversy

كيْفَ أشْكو بِعاد مَنْ هوَ دانٍ

قاتَلَ اللهُ شِرَّتي ولَجاجي

How can I complain of one who is submissive

May God destroy my evil and obstinacy

ساعَدَتْني بعْدَ المِطالِ اللّيالي

واسْتَقامَ الزّمانُ بعْدَ اعْوِجاجِ

The nights helped me after the prolonged trials

And time straightened after crookedness

لوْ تَراني واللّيلُ في عُنْفُوانٍ

قُلْتُ سِرَّيْنِ في فؤادِ الدّياجي

If you could see me while the night is in full swing

I would say my secret in the heart of darkness

نَقْطَعُ اللّيلَ في التِئامٍ وضَمٍّ

وسُرورٍ وغِبْطَةٍ وابْتِهاجِ

We while away the night in gathering and embrace

With happiness, joy, and celebration

هاكَها والحَبابُ يعْلو عَلَيْها

غادَةٌ تُوِّجَتْ بأبْدَعِ تاجِ

Take it while rapture rises above it

A bloom crowned with the finest crown

قارَبَتْ أنْ تَسيلَ بالكأْسِ ممّا

شَفّ عنْ جِسْمِها أديمُ الزُّجاجِ

It almost spilled with the cup from what

Its outer garment of glass had contained

قَسَماً بالدُّعاءِ في عَرَفاتٍ

ومِنىً حيثُ مَجْمَعُ الحُجّاجِ

I swear by the supplication in Arafat

And Mina where pilgrims gather

ما فؤادي بغَيْرِ حُبِّكَ عانٍ

ولِغَيْرِ اغْتِنامِ وَصْلِكَ راجِي

My heart is not content save with your love

Nor hopeful except for attaining your company