حَوراء سرب اللوى
سلَّت يَمانيّا
Maiden of the gazelle herd
She set out yearning
تَدعو لِدين الهَوى
إِنساً وَجنيّا
Calling to the religion of love
Humans and jinn alike
شَمسٌ نُجوم السَما
أَمسَت لَها عقدا
A sun whose stars
Became for her a necklace
وَالبَدر مَهما سَما
لَم تَرضَه عَبدا
And the moon, no matter how high it climbs
Never pleased her as a servant
سَل فرقديها أَما
كُلّاً حوت نَهدا
Ask her resting place; each
Embraced a breast
وَالنَجم مِنها هَوى
بِالحُسن مَسبيّا
And the star, infatuated, fell for her
Captivated by her beauty
أُخت المَها خَطرت
ما دَعد ما أَسما
Sister of the moon, she strode
With no precedent nor equal
وَلِلنُهى سَحرت
من لَحظها أسما
Bewitching even the pious
With a mere glance that ensnares
عاينت مُذ سفرت
عَن حُسنِها الأَسما
Since she traveled I've seen
Unparalleled beauty
بَدراً عَلا فاِستَوى
عَرشاً مُلوكيّا
A full moon rose up sublime
Ascending a royal throne
خودٌ لَماها جَلا
كَأسي بِرَوض الحان
Passion revealed her to me
My cup amid gardens and bliss
وَراح أنسي حَلا
بِالروح وَالرَيحان
My joy and respite as well
With spirit and sweet basil
زفّت شُموس الطلا
تجلى عَلى الأَلحان
Dawn's suns marched forth
Gleaming with melodies
وَمُذ شَدت بِالنَوى
عايَنت قمريّا
And since she drew me near
I've glimpsed a moonlike beauty
حَيَّت بِطيب الشَذا
مِن عَنبر الخالِ
She greeted with sweet scent
Of ambergris and moles
روحي وَراحي كَذا
بِالعمّ وَالخالِ
Thus my soul and comfort as well
With kinsman and mole
عَن ناصح قَد غَوى
غيّا مَجوسيّا
Turn from the misguided advisor
Errant pagan that he is
هَيفاء مِن قَدِّها
غارَت غُصون البان
She is slender of waist
Branching saplings bend
وَمِن لَظى خَدِّها
تَسعير وَجدي بان
Her blazing cheek makes
My fervor and patience wane
إِن همت مِن صدّها
تيهاً وَصَبري بان
If I'm determined against her charm
I'm lost, with will undone
أَقام عُذري الهَوى
إِذ كانَ عُذريّا
Passion excuses my love
When it was my excuse
أَخبار نَشر الصبا
عَن بانة القَدِّ
News spread by the morning breeze
Of the one with the perfect stature
أَهدت لصبٍّ صبا
وَجداً عَلى وَجدِ
I've given youth to one grown old
And love to one love-wrecked
فَغَنِّ لي بِالصبا
يا مُنتَهى قَصدي
So sing to me of the breeze!
O object of my quest!
وَاِروِ حَديث الجوى
عَن لَوعَةٍ فِيّا
And convey the tale of passion
Of my burning agony
عج بِالصَفا نَصطفي
ذات البها يا صاح
Rejoice in kinsmanship, O friend
You of excellent lineage
فَبلبل الأُنس في
رَوض التَهاني صاح
Nightingale of companionship
In the garden of bliss sing
يا حُسنَها اليوسفي
أَسكرت لُبَّ الصاح
O her Yusuf-like beauty
Intoxicates the hearts of lovers
أَسقيته فَاِرتَوى
كَأساً غَراميّا
I gave him to drink, and he quenched
His thirst with a cup of love
تَبسَّمت عَن سَنا
درٍّ وَياقوتِ
She smiled, revealing
Pearls and rubies
لَماه حُلو الجَنى
أَغنى عَن القوتِ
Her sweet lips quenched
Made food needless
وَالفَرق نون الثَنا
يروى لِياقوتِ
The gap between her front teeth
Revived the rubies
عَن صاحب قَد رَوى
خطّا هِلاليّا
Turn from one who has spurned
A crescent-shaped love
يا غاية لي أَرى
في تَركِها عُذرا
O my sole hope, I see
Leaving her, no honor
بِحُبّ سامي الذُرى
طَه أَبي الزَهرا
In the noble love that raised
Father of blossoms sublime
فَيا شَفيع الوَرى
مُذ كُنت لي ذُخرا
So O intercessor of mortals
You were my ample fortune
عَمَّن أَذاي نَوى
ما زِلتُ مَحميّا
Against whom have I sinned
Though I remain loyal?
يا مَن غَدا حَرماً
طافَت بِهِ الأَملاك
O you who became a sanctuary
Orbited by angels
وَلَم يَزَل علماً
مِن دونِهِ الأَفلاك
Never ceasing as a sign
Beyond the planets
أَنعم وَجُد كَرَماً
وَاِسمَح لِمَن والاك
Bestow your grace and generosity
And forgive those loyal to you
وَاِمنَح لِدائي دوا
لِلبرءِ طِبّيّا
And grant my malady a cure
That heals completely
أَذكى صَلاتي عَلى
المُختار مِن عَدنان
I remember my prayers upon
The chosen one of ‘Adnan
مَن حازَ مَجداً عَلا
عزّاً عَلى كيوان
He who attained glorious fame
And honor over beings
وَالآل أَهل العُلى
مَن شَرَّفوا الأَكوان
And his family, the people of nobility
Who ennobled the cosmos
وَكُلّ خَتم حَوى
فَتحاً إِلهيّا
And all who embodied
Divine openings
