لا أكذبَنّكِ إنّني بَشَرٌ

جَمُّ المساوي آثِمٌ أشِرُ

I do not lie to you, I am but a man,

Whose sins are many, evil is my clan,

لا الحبُّ ظمآناً يُطامِنُ مِنْ

نفسي وليس رفيقيَ النظَر

Love is not thirst that gets satisfied,

It is my soulmate, not just a friend.

ولكم بَصُرْتُ بما أضيقُ به

فودِدْتُ أنّي ليس لي بصر

And yet I have seen what I'm most vexed by,

I wish that I were blind and could not spy,

أو أنني حجر وربتَّمَا

قد بات أرْوَحَ منّيَ الحَجَر

Or that I were a stone, for rocks are calmer,

Than I, though man is higher than a stone.

لا الشيءُ يُعْجِبُهُ فَيَمْنَعُهُ

فإذا عداه فكلّهُ ضَجر

Nothing pleases him, he is ever glum,

Once gone from him, all becomes tiresome.

ولكم ظَفِرتُ بما بصرتُ به

فحَمِدْت مرأى بعدَهُ ظفَر

And yet I've gained what I did spy upon,

So I'm thankful for the vision I have won.

شفتاي مُطْبْقَتَانِ سيدتي

والخُبْرُ في العينينِ والخَبَر

My lips are sealed, my lady, but my eyes

And brow do speak of mysteries inside.

فاستشهِدِي النظراتِ جاحِمَةً

حمراءَ لا تُبْقي ولا تَذر

So witness my fierce, red, merciless stares,

That leave nothing behind and nothing spares.

ولرغبة في النفس حائرة

مكبوتة يتطايرُ الشرر

We both know what clothes and belts may hide,

Like embers we glow with passion inside.

إنا كلينا عارفان بما

حَوَتِ الثّيابُ وضَمَّتِ الأزُر

Why pretend, why force yourself in vain,

To hide what you know you can't contain?

وبنا سواءً لا حياءَ بنا

الجذوةُ الخرساءُ تستعر

The hypocrite lies, but I've no patience,

For such a waist as yours in constrictions.

فعلى مَ تَجتهدين مُرْغَمَةً

أن تَسْتري ما ليس يَنْسَتِر

And foolish is he who is satisfied,

By your honeyed words and dark eyelids.

كذب المنافقُ . لا اصطبارَ على

قدٍّ كَقَدِّكِ حينَ يُهتَصَر

Your youth melts all his piousness away,

Leaving lust and nothing grave or staid.

ومُغَفَّلٌ من راح يُقنِعُه

منك الحديثُ الحلوُ والسمر

The spirit rises when you bless its hour,

Though all the world is weak and overpowered.

يُوهي الحجى ويُذيبُ كلَّ تُقىً

من مُدّعيهِ شبابُك النَّضِر

How precious your embrace which I have won,

While events make others come undone.

ويَرُدُّ حلمَ الحالمين على

أعقابِهِ التفتيرُ والخَفَر

A dream of pleasures that I miss throughout,

And without which I'm destitute and downed.

النَّفْسُ شامخةٌ إذا سعُدَتْ

بك ساعةً والكونُ مُحْتَقَر

In you is magic which I can't define,

Or safely hope for or securely pine.

وفداء " محتضن " سمحتِ به

ما تفجع الاحداثُ والغير

Your hand holds my forelock, mine your waist,

Victorious or routed in this haste.

حلم أخو اللذاتِ مفتقد

امثالُهُ وإليه مفتقِر

If I should win, the cushions and rug fine

Are best for bards stretched out in recline.

وسويعة لا أستطيعُ لها

وصفاً فلا أمْنٌ ولا حَذَر

If I am beaten, my victor is an angel,

I'll pardon him, though he leave me mangled.

يدها بناصيتي ومحْزَمُها

بيدي . فمنتَصِرٌ ومندَحِر

I grabbed her "breast" fearing it would shake free,

Like a great orb slipping down from a tree.

فلئن غَلَبْتٌ فَخَيْرُ متَّسَدٍ

للشاعرِ الأعكانُ والسُرَر

In private, images of bliss I sustain,

As moans escape her, ecstasies we gain.

ولئن غُلِبْتُ فغالبي مَلَك

زاهٍ . بهِ صافحٌ عني ومغتفر

She says, though I command her as I please,

And she complies, fulfilling all with ease:

أمسكتُ " نهديها " وأحسَبُني

أشْفَقْتُ أن تتدحرجَ الأُكَر

"You've tried to craft verses as you desire,

Choosing what you fancy, like plucking a lyre."

عندي من استمتاعةٍ صُوَرٌ

ومِنَ التَّغنُّجِ عندَها صُوَر

"My 'basin' came to you filled up with 'wine',

Whose fragrance perfumed like jasmines fine."

قالت وقد باتَتْ تطاوعُني

فيما أُكَلِّفُها وتأتَمِر

"And I came to you with no thirst at all,

For that rose and heart alike were full."

أمعانياً حاولتَ تَنْظِمُها

تختارُ ما تَهْوى وتَبْتَكِر

"And if I speak the truth, then it's a body

Where all the sweetest pleasures can be discovered."

إني وردتُ " الحوضَ "ممتلئاً

" شَهْداً " يفوحُ أريجُهُ العَطِر

"O flower plucked in full bloom like the tender,

Fragmenting blossoms and aromatic splendor."

ولقد صدرتُ وليس بي ظَمَأٌ

للهِ ذاكَ الوِردُ والصَّدَر

"Excellent is the fate that brought us together,

And sublime is the judgment of fate in this endeavor."

وإذا صدقتْ فانه بدَنٌ

لأطايب اللذاتِ مُخْتَبَر

"No part of you I'd single out or favor,

For you are desire incarnate, nothing could savor."

يا زهرةً في ريعها قُطِفَتْ

كأرقِّ ما يتفَتَّقُ الزَّهَر

"You preach philosophy's lessons too long,

Though with you, wisdom is brief and strong."

نِعْمَ القضاءُ قضى بمرتشَفٍ

لي من " لماك " وحبّذا القَدَر

"Your ways haven't reached people far and wide,

Nor blazed a trail others have espied."

ما إنْ أخَصِّصُ منكِ جارحةً

كلَّ الجوارحِ منكِ لي وطر

"It pains me that your cheek should suffer

The scrape of a cheek that's rough with fur."

يُزرْي بفلسفةٍ مطّولةٍ

والعلمُ شيءٌ فيك " مُخْتَصَر"

"That your fine brow, joyfulness emitting,

Should be touched by one, gloom transmitting."

" ومعبد " لم يبل منهجه

بالسالكيه . ولم يَلُحْ أثَر

"This soft silk pricked by coarse wool,

Is such hurtful injustice, cruel."

إني لآسَفُ أنْ يجورَ على

خدّيكِ خدٌّ كلُّهُ شَعَر

"My eyes sacrifice for your feet, my lady,

While your eyes are worn by many a sleepless night."

وعلى إهابٍ منكِ ممتلئٍ

مَرحَا إهابٌ مِلؤُهُ كَدَر

"I cannot just take the spirit, no excuse,

To you, how can I apologise or recuse?"

هذا الحريرُ الغَضُّ مَلْمِسُهُ

حَيْفٌ يُخَدِّشُ جَنْبهُ الوبر

"A heart where sorrows collected and cached,

I unburdened, and it was replenished."

عيني فِدى قَدَمَيَكِ سيّدتي

عيناكِ قد أضناهُما السَّهَر

"Strait is the way, no room for delight,

While this day spreads its wings in flight."

لا أكتفي بالروحِ أُزْهِقُها

عُذرا اليكِ فكيف أعتذر

"Had you not blessed it with the breadth

Of your chest, it would have cracked at length."

قلبٌ تجمَّعَتِ الهُمُومُ به

نَفَّسْتُ عنه فهو مزدهِر

"My time is sorcery, for with you each night,

Becomes charm, and darkness becomes light."

ضنكُ المنافذِ لا مكانَ به

لمَسَرَةٍ واليومَ ينتشر

"I see the long nights, and find in their hours,

Resemblance, for like palaces they tower."

لَوْ لَمْ تُحلِّيه على سعةٍ

من رُحْبِ صدركِ كانِ يَنْفَجِر

سَحَرٌ زماني كلُّهُ لِهَوَى

ليلٍ بقربِك كلُّه سَحَر

وأرى لياليَّ الطِوالَ بها

شَبَهٌ ففي ساعاتِها قِصَر