يا غَزالاً يُخفي سناه الغَزالَه
فَتَنتني لحاظُك الغَزّالَه
O gazelle hiding his youth with gazelle charm
Your alluring glances have beguiled me
مرَّ دَهرٌ وَالعَيشُ صفوٌ إِلى أَن
ذاقَ قَلبي طَعمَ الهوى فَحَلا لَه
Time passed and life was pure until
My heart tasted the flavor of love and dissolved for it
ما لِقَلبي والحبِّ لَو لَم تُمِله
للتَصابي أَعطافُك الميّاله
What is with my heart and love, if you did not weary it
For your leaning sides that allure
زادَني لحظُك السَقيم اِعتلالاً
لا شَفى اللَهُ سقمَه واِعتلالَه
Your sickly glance increased my sickness
May God not cure its sickness and frailty
كُنتُ غِرّاً بالحبِّ حتّى دَهَتني
بِرَناها لحاظُكَ المُغتالَه
I was fooled by love until
Your deceitful glances tricked me
كَيفَ أَرجو الوَفا وأَنتَ على العَه
دِ بطيءُ الرِضا سَريعُ المَلالَه
How can I hope for loyalty when you are slow to consent and quick to weary
I said when your indifference towards me was prolonged
قُلتُ لمّا أَطال فيكَ عَذولي
أَنا راضٍ به عَلى كُلِّ حاله
I am content with it in any state
O breeze that blew from the caves, gently
يا نَسيماً سَرى من الغَور وَهناً
ساحباً في رُبى الحِمى أَذيالَه
Dragging its hems among the sanctuaries of the protectorate
It smelled sweetly of the fragrance of one living in the neighborhoods
طابَ نشراً بطيب من سكن الجِز
عَ وَوافى يجرُّ بُردَ الجَلاله
And it reached to soothe the cold of the night
So it related the best of speech, sound
فَروى أَحسنَ الحَديث صَحيحاً
مُسنداً عنهُمُ وأَدّى الرِسالَه
Supported by them, and conveyed the message
Repeat that speech to my hearing
هاتِ كرِّر ذاكَ الحَديث لسَمعي
وَلك الطَولُ إِن رأَيتَ الإِطالَه
And feel free to prolong if you see fit
In the morning you reopened a wound in the heart
قد نكأتَ الغداة في القَلب جُرحاً
كُنتُ أَرجو بعد البِعاد اِندِمالَه
I had hoped that after being apart it would heal
Good for you if you came to a hillside neighborhood
يا لك الخير إِن أَتَيتَ رُبى سَل
عٍ وَشارَفت كثبَه وَرمالَه
And neared its mound and sands
Stop at its landmarks and ask about a heart
قِف بأَعلامِه وَسل عن فؤادٍ
خَتَلَته ظباؤُهُ المُختالَه
Seduced by its flirtatious gazelles
Be gentle and explain to them the state of one in passion
وَتلطَّف واِشرَح لهم حالَ صبٍّ
غَيَّرَ السقمُ حاله فأَحالَه
Sickness changed his state and weakened him
No lightning flashed in the darkness of night
ما سرى بارقٌ برامةَ إلّا
واِستَهَلَّت دموعيَ الهَطّالَه
Except my pouring tears gushed forth
And I remembered the square of intimacy, by God
وَتذكَّرتُ مربع الأنس واللَّه
وِ وَعصرَ الصِّبا وَعَهدَ البِطالَه
And the era of youth and time of leisure
When my shadow from youth was shady
حيثُ ظلّي من الشَباب ظَليلٌ
وَالهَوى مُسبِغٌ عليَّ ظِلاله
And infatuation clothed me in its shadows
