قَفَلَ الدُّجى وأتى الصباحُ حميدَا

وتجاوبَتْ أطيارُهُ تَغْريدَا

The night has departed and the bright morning has arrived,

Its birds chirping in response.

وجفتْكَ لائِمةٌ وزارَكَ مُسْعِدٌ

وغَدَتْ عليكَ الشّمْسُ تحمِلُ عُودَا

Your blamer has become silent while your well-wisher visited you,

And the sun has risen over you, bearing gifts.

وكأنّ ما ينهَلُّ من سَبَلِ النّدَى

أيْدٍ نَثَرْتَ من الجُمَانِ عُقُودَا

It's as if the drops of dew falling

Are pearls you've strewn from your sleeves.

وكأنّ مجلسَنَا المُفَوّفِ فرشُهُ

نورُ الرّياضِ لَبِسْنَ منه بُرُودَا

It's as if the rug in our gathering place,

Has been clad in meadows' light.

وكأنَّما الجاماتُ في جَنَبَاتِهِ

ماءٌ أعادتْهُ السِّمَاكُ جَلِيْدَا

It's as if the cups on its sides

Are water the heavens have frozen.

وكأنّما الكانون أُلْهِبَ جَمْرُهُ

أحداقُ أُسْدٍ يَدَّرِيْنَ أُسُودَا

It's as if the brazier's embers

Are the glowing eyes of lions, giving off smoke.

يكسو خدود الشَّرْبِ من نَفَحَاتِهِ

قبل الكُؤوسِ وحثِّها تورِيْدَا

It clothes the cheeks of drinking with its breaths,

Before the cups and urging them replenishment.

نارٌ مُضَّرِمَةٌ ونارُ مُدَامَةٍ

وكأنّما يتبارَيَانِ وَقُودَا

A kindled fire and lasting fire,

As if competing in fuel.

فالقُرُّ عَنْ حجراتِنا مُتَنَكّبٌ

مَنَعَ التَّرَدُّدَ فانْثَنَى مَرْدُودَا

So depression has turned away from our chambers,

Prevented from entering, turned back.

وكأنّ نرجِسَنَا ومضعَفَ وَرْدِنَا

سَلَبا الجواري أعيُناً وخُدُودَا

It's as if our narcissi and layered roses

Have stolen the eyes and cheeks of maidens.

فَهَبِ السَّعادَةَ لي بِقُرْبِكَ إِنّني

قَمِنٌ بقربك أن أكونَ سَعيدَا

So bring me happiness through your nearness, for I

Am determined that through you I will be joyous.

فاحضُرْ فإن العيْشَ ليس بطيِّبٍ

لأخي الصَّفَا ما كنتَ مِنْهُ بَعِيْدَا

So attend, for life is not pleasant

For a brother when you are distant.