ودي لكم صدق بغير تملق

وسوايَ في دعواه غير مصدق

I wish you sincere affection without flattery

And equal in his claim, not doubting

يا من محاسنه تشوق لناظري

رفقا فديتك بالفؤاد الشيق

O you whose beauty invites the gaze

Kindly, I ransom you, with the passionate heart

وانظر إلى جفني القريح وعبرتي

فعسى ترق لدمعي المترقرق

And look at my swollen eyelids and my tears

Maybe you will have mercy on my falling tears

واستبق جسما ذاب فيك صبابة

يكفيك ما يلقى الفؤاد وما لقي

Spare a body that melted in you as a youth

It is enough for you what the heart finds and what it found

ما ضر من اهواه لو يبقى على

رمقي وكنت قنعت منه بما بقي

No harm in my love if it remains for

My last breath, and you were content with what remains

من لي به شاكي السلاح لقد رنا

ومن المحاسن قد اتى في فيلق

Who can I complain to that he rang

And of beauty he came in brigades

فالنبل هدب والقسيّ حواجب

والطرف بين مسدد ومفوق

Nobility is demolished and the harsh eyebrows

And the gaze between extended and lifted

انا ان سطا بسنان ذابل طرفه

لا طاقة لي بالعدو الازرق

If the freshness of his languid smile fades

I have no strength for the blue enemy

قل للعذول على هوى الحاظه

حتام تسلك في طريق ضيق

Tell the one who reproaches for love of the cheeks

You must tread a narrow path

انا لا اطيق العذل فيه فخلني

من قول واش او حديث متمق

I cannot bear the blame in him so let me

From saying uff or idle talk

يا للبرية من غنى ملاحة

زاهي الجمال ممنطق ومقرطق

O wilderness, what a rich navigation

Beautiful, belted and dotted

اشكو لعزّ جماله ذلي عسى

تدنيه مني رحمة المتصدق

I complain to the glory of his beauty, hopefully

Bringing him closer to me, mercifully giving

للّه ليلة زارني متكتماً

حذر المراقب والعذول الاحمق

By God, the night he visited me covertly

Fearing the observer and the foolish reproacher

فغدا وقد نمن مناطقه به

فعجبت كيف ينم من لم ينطق

So he left and his belts slept on him

I wondered how can one who hasn't spoken sleep

نشوان من خمر الدلال يروقني

ماء الحياة بخده المترقرق

The wine of coquetry intoxicates me

The water of life in his dewy cheek

فكأن وجنته ونبت عذاره

طرس به آثار سطر ملحق

As if his cheeks and the down of his chin

Were marked with traits of an appended line

وهواه لم ابرح اسير وثاقه

وكفاك عهدي في الغرام وموثقي

And his love, I remained captive of his fetters

And enough is my covenant in love and my pledge

انفقت عمري في هواه وليتني

في الحب لو اعطيت اجر المنفق

I spent my life in his love, if only

In love I had given the reward of the spender

ووهبته روحي كما يهب الندى

قاضي القضاة محمد ابن مزلق

And donated my soul as the dew is donated

By the Judge of judges, Muhammad ibn Muzallaq

مولى متى استجديت سحب نواله

مستمطرا منها المكرم تغرق

My Master, whenever I begged the clouds of his favor

Pouring the generous overflowing rain

فكأنما خلقت يداه من السخا

وكأنما لسوى العطا لم تخلق

It is as if his hands were created of generosity

And were created for nothing but giving

يا جلّقا وافى الهنا فتمتعي

فرحا بايام الوفا وتحلق

O Jalal who fulfilled wishes, so enjoy

Happily the days of loyalty and ascend

فالجامع الاموي اصبح يزدهي

ومن الجمال عليه عظم رونق

For the Umayyad Mosque began to flourish

And from the beauty upon it came great splendor

لله حين رقى عليه ساجعا

في حلة يزهو وحسن مطلق

To God when he climbed it lamenting

In an outfit it flourishes and absolute beauty

بالسجع يذكرنا الرياض وعوده

رطب يهيج عليه كل مطوّق

With lamentation reminding us of the gardens and their promises

Moist where every pilgrim circles

ذها لبابك خدمة وفت على

حسبي وذلك حيلة لمسترزق

To your door service and loyalty I turned

That is enough for me, a trick for the seeker

عذراء لم يأت الزمان بمثلها

وإلى معاني حسنها لم اسبق

A maiden the time hasn't seen her like

And to the meanings of her beauty I did not precede

عذرا لتأخيري بها ذفيك لم

استوف امداحي ولم استغرق

Sorry for my delay with her, for you

I haven't fully praised and haven't fully covered

فانعم بها متمتعا فهي التي

بسواك حيل رجائها لم يعلق

So enjoy her, for she is the one

Besides you the hopes did not hang

لا زال نجمك بالسعادة طالعاً

والشمل مجتمع بغير تفرق

Your star is still rising with good fortune

And the group is gathered without separation

ما افترّ ثغر الصبح عن شنب الندى

وبدا سنا وجه النهار المشرق

The morning hasn't stopped displaying its smile from the dew's mustache

It brought out his teeth, and the shining face of day appeared