اسْقِياني لقَدْ بَدا الفَجْرُ

وخَفِي الكوْكَبْ

Quench my thirst, for dawn has appeared

And the stars have faded

قهْوَةٌ تُرْكُ شرْبِها وِزْرٌ

وهْيَ لي مذْهَبْ

A coffee left undrunk is a burden

And it is my course

أنَديمي اسْقِني لقدْ حَلا

شُرْبُ راحٍ براحْ

My companion, serve me, for the night

Has passed with its troubles

وغُرابُ الظّلامِ قدْ ولَّى

منْ حَمامِ الصّباحْ

And the raven of darkness has gone

From the pigeons of morning

ارْفَعِ السّجْفَ تنْظُرِ الطَّلاّ

كيْف رشّ البِطاحْ

Lift the pot and look how the dew

Has sprinkled the meadow

وانْثَنى قُضْبُ روْضِها الخُضْرُ

طَرَباً تلْعَبْ

And how the green branch swayed

Happily playing

عجَباً كيْفَ نالَها السّكْرُ

وهْيَ لمْ تشْرَبْ

A wonder that drunkenness found it

When it had not drunk

تغنّتْ حَمائِمُ القُضْبِ

بلِسانٍ بَديعْ

The branch's doves sang

With a wondrous tongue

واسْتَهلّتْ مَدامِعُ السُّحْبِ

فوْقَ وشْيِ الرّبيعْ

And the clouds' tears commenced

Over the spring's face

ثم أدِرْها كَماءَةِ الشُّهْبِ

واسْقِني بالقَطيعْ

Turn it like the mane of meteors

And serve me the flock

حيثُ يسْعَى بكأسِها بدْرُ

خدُّهُ مُذْهَبْ

Where the full moon with her cup runs

Her cheek golden

قد حَكَى فوْقَ صُدْغِهِ الشّعْرُ

كاتِباً يكْتُبْ

Poetry has told on her cheek

A scribe writing

بأبي مَنْ صِرْتُ منْ حُبِّهِ

وهْوَ هاءٌ وميمْ

By He whose love made me

Of the letters haa and meem

أنا مِنْ حُبِّه كشَطْرِ اسْمِهِ

وهْوَ باقِي سَليمْ

I am of His love like half His name

While He remains perfect

كوْكَبٌ يسْتَمدُّ منْ وجْهِهِ

كلُّ قلْبٍ سَليمْ

A planet taking from His face

Every sincere heart

يا طِرازَ الجَمالِ ما السِّرُّ

هَكذا يُنْسَبْ

O epitome of beauty, what is the secret

That you are attributed thus?

نحْنُ أهْلُ الهَوى لنا سِتْرٌ

هتْكُهُ يَصْعُبْ

We lovers have a veil

Whose lifting is hard

قمَرٌ للهَوَى بسُلْطانِه

عِزّةٌ وانْتِصارْ

A moon ruling love with his power

Honor and triumph

وتَرَى للسِّحْرِ سِحْرِ أجْفانِهِ

بيْنَ تِلْك الشِّفارْ

And you see the magic of his lashes' charm

Among those lids

أنا مِنْ صَدِّه وهِجْرانِهِ

بيْنَ ماءٍ ونارْ

I am of his rejection and estrangement

Between water and fire

عسَى أنْ يُغالِبَ الأثَرُ

والهَوَى أغْلَبْ

Perhaps the tracks will overcome

And love conquer

لو ردَّ العِذارُ إنّما العُذْرُ

فيهِ لمْ يُعْتِبْ

If coyness returns, the excuse is only

In Him, no blame cast

أيُّ قدٍّ بَدا منَ الغُصْنِ

في الرِّياضِ النّزيهْ

What slender shape appeared from the branch

In the chaste gardens

قُلْتُ يا غايَةَ المُنَى صِلْني

بالذِي نرْتَجيهْ

I said "O object of wishes, bring me near

To what we hope for"

فانثَنى وهْوَ مُعْرِضٌ عنّي

فتغنّيْتُ فيهْ

But he turned away, ignoring me

And so I sang of him

آشْ يكُنْ ممّنْ مَعْنَى بدْرُ

وخَفِي كوْكَبْ

How can it be, of those whose meaning is full moon

And dimmed stars

ربّ قوِّي على الصّدودِ صبْرُ

وذَا الفِراقِ ما أصْعَبْ

Lord, strengthen me against rejection

For parting is so hard