قد أعربت ذات الخبا عمّا بمجلاها اختبى

من كلّ حسنٍ أعربا عن لحن معنى أطربا

The one with charm has expressed what was hidden in her beauty

Every charm expressed a melody's meaning that was most pleasing

شمسٌ بدت في الغسق تخجل بدر الأفق

كم كوكبٌ في الشفق بها غدا محتجبا

A sun appeared in the darkness, shaming the horizon's full moon

So many stars in the dusk faded away because of her

كم من فتى قد فتنت مذ باللحاظ قد رنت

فكأنّها لمّا انثنت غصنٌ يرنّحه الصبا

How many a lad she has seduced with just a glance

It's as if when she glanced away, a branch sighed from the morning breeze

قد عطرت زهر الربى وأظهرت نضح الكبا

والصبّ من عهد الصبا في ركب نجدٍ قد صبا

She scented the meadow's flowers and brought out the brilliance of stars

And youth from the days of youth pours in the caravan of Nejd

ظهرت بكلّ مظهرٍ بحال شأن مضمرٍ

وبكلّ طرف أحورٍ سَنَّ الهوى وندبا

She appeared in every guise, with a state of hidden affairs

And with each flirtatious glance, she lit the fires of love and called them

فهي كؤس خمرتي وهي عروس صبوتي

صحوي بها وسكرتي كم ذقت منها مشربا

She is my wine cup, she is the bride of my intoxication

She sobers me and makes me drunk, how much I have sipped from her

حالي به حال الّذي عهد الهوى لم ينبذ

ولذا يناديها خذي يا منيتي روحي جبا

My state with her is like one accustomed to love from long ago

And so he calls to her "Take me, my soul, my all"