وَدُجُنّةٍ كالنِّقْس صُبّ على الثرى

مَزّقْتُ منها بالسّرَى جلبابا

With a beauty like an idol poured upon the earth

I tore from her a cloak at midnight

زرتُ الحبائبَ والأعادي دونها

كضراغمٍ تُذكي العيونَ غضابا

I visited lovers and foes other than her

Like embers that ignite the eyes with rage

ووطئتُ دونَ الحيّ نارَ عداوةٍ

لو كان واطئَها الحديدُ لذابا

And I trod without the quarter fire of enmity

If iron had trodden it, it would have melted

بهوىً أشابَ مفارقي ولوَ انّه

يُلْقى على شرخ الشبابِ لَشابا

With a passion that revived my separation, and if

It was cast upon the crevice of youth, it would have ignited

في مَتْنِ ناهبَةِ المدى يجري بها

عِرْقٌ تمكّنَ في النّجار وطابا

In the expanse of the robber of the horizon running with her

A vein that settled in the carpenter and was aromatic

بزَبرجديّاتٍ إذا عَلَتِ الصّفا

وَقَعَتْ بواطنُها عليه صلابا

With emeralds, if they climbed Mount Safa

Their insides would have fallen upon it as hail

ونكادُ نَشْرَبُ من تَسامي جيدها

ماءً تسوقُ بهِ الرّياحُ سَحَابا

And we almost drank from the loftiness of her neck

Water that the winds drive with clouds

ذعرتْ غرابَ الليلِ بي فكأنّني

لأصِيدَهُ منها ركبتُ عُقابا

It startled the raven of the night in me as if

I rode an eagle to hunt it from her

ومُصاحبي عضبٌ كأنّ فِرْنَده

نَمْلٌ مصاحبةٌ عليه ذبابا

And my companion is anger as if his fleas

Were insects accompanying him and flies

فكأنّ شمساً في تألّقِ مائِهِ

مَجّتْ عليه مَعَ الشّعاعِ رُضَابا

As if a sun in the brilliance of its water

Beating him with its rays and reflection

والصّبح قَد دفَعَ النّجوم عُبَابه

كأنّهُ سيلٌ يَسُوقُ حبابا

And the dawn has pushed away the haze of the stars

As if it were a torrent driving bubbles