علقت اهيف لدن القوام

لا يسمع العاشق فيه ملام

The gazelles have halted beside the water

No lover hears blame in it

اسمر ذو خال على خده

يغنى به عن حسن ذات الوشام

A dark-skinned one with a mole on his cheek

Sings of it in place of the beauty of the tattooed

كأنما قد صيغ من عنبر

وخالط العنبر مسك الختام

As if he was molded from ambergris

And the ambergris was mixed with sealing musk

من آل حام كلما سمته

وصلا علا في الحب قدرا وسام

From the family of Ham whenever he was named

Elevation and perfection in love was his trait and mark

قد هزّ لي من قده اسمرا

وسل من لحظه لي حسام

He has shaken an ashen-dark one from his stature

And extracted from his glance for me a sword

لا سهم لي في الحب من وصله

لكن من اجفانه لي سهام

I have no arrows in love from his connection

But from his lashes I have arrows

في ثغره الحالي وفي كأسه

ربق حلال ومدام حرام

In his rosy cheek and in his cup

There is lawful splendor and forbidden wine

تحبه من فرط خمر الصبا

نشوان هزته كؤوس المدام

You love him from an excess of the wine of youth

Intoxicated by cups of wine

يريك نثر الدر من لفظه

وثغره يحسن فيه النظام

He shows you the scattering of pearls from his utterance

And his mouth is beautiful in composition

باللّه الا همت في حسنه

وقلت يا بشرايَ هذا الغلام

By God, unless you admire his beauty

And say, O my soul, this is the youth