بنوهُ على تلكَ اللحاظِ الفواتكِ

وصاغوهُ من نورِ الثغورِ الضواحكِ

They built it upon those vanished moons

And formed it from the light of smiling horizons

ومنذُ طووا فيهِ شبابكِ لم يزلْ

تلوحُ عليهِ مسحةٌ من شبابكِ

And since they folded your youth within it, it has not ceased

To display a touch of your youth upon it

بناهُ لكِ الباني فلم يلبثِ الهوى

أن اقتادهُ حتى ثوى في جواركِ

The builder built it for you, and passion

Did not delay to lead it until it lay by your side

سليهِ أهذا قلبهُ صارَ مدفناً

وقبركِ في السوادءِ أم غيرُ ذلكِ

Ask it, has his heart become a tomb now

And is your tomb in obscurity, or other than that?

وتلكَ لآلٍ أم أمانيُّ نفسِهِ

وذاكَ ظلامٌ أم همومُ الممالكِ

And are those ornaments fantasies of his soul

And is that darkness, or the concerns of kingdoms?

وضعتِ بيمناهُ فؤاداً فلم يجدْ

سوى ملكهِ ن حليةٍ لشمالكِ

You placed at its right a heart, but it found

Nothing but its rule, a jewel for your left

فلا ما بنى كسرى ولا قصرُ جعفرٍ

ولا قصرُ غمدانَ ولا للبرامكِ

Neither what Khosrow built, nor Ja'far's palace

Nor Ghumdan's palace, nor Baram's

كأنَّ قلوباً في غرامكِ أُحرقتْ

فذَوَّبها الصيَّاغُ بينَ السبائكِ

As if hearts burnt with passion for you

Were melted by the goldsmith among ingots

كأنَّ اللآلي المشبهاتِ أزاهراً

فرائدها بعضَ الدموعِ السوافكِ

As if the ornaments resembling flowers

Were bouquets whose chalices were your falling tears

كأنَّ ظلامَ القبرِ في لَمَعانِها

شعورُ الغواني بينَ حالٍ وحالكِ

As if the tomb's darkness in its flashes

Were the thrills of the lovesick between one state and your state

كأنَّ سناكِ في دياجيهِ نيَّةٌ

تردَّدُ في قلبٍ طهورٍ مباركِ

As if your teeth in their pearls were an intention

Echoing in a pure, blessed heart

كأني أرى تلكَ المآذنَ أيدياً

تشيرُ إلى الأفلاكِ أنكِ هنالكِ

As if I see those minarets as hands

Signaling to the cosmos that you are there

بدائعُ نالتْ من يراعي ولم يكنْ

يراعٌ يباريهِ بتلكَ المسالكِ

Marvels that preoccupied the preoccupied, and there was no preoccupied one

To rival it through those paths

وكنَّ على قلبي الجلالةَ والتقى

فأصبحتُ منها بينَ ناسٍ وناسكِ

And they brought majesty and piety upon my heart

So I became distinguished among people, and an ascetic

وصارتْ حياتي للفؤادِ سنابكٌ

فأطلق جوادي ينطلقُ بالسنابكِ

And my life became for the heart window lattices

So I let loose my steed galloping with the lattices