يا عَندَليب الأَراك غَنِّ

وَاِروِ حَديث الغَرام عَنّي

O you nightingale of the meadows, sing

And tell the tale of love about me

عَنّي رَوى كُل ذي غَرام

وَذي شُجون وَذي هيامِ

Let everyone in love speak of me

And those who pine, and those in passion lost

كَما رَوى الخصر عَن سقامي

وَالكُلّ بالإذن فازَ منّي

As did my waist tell of my sickness

With my permission, so they all excelled

أَفدي مَهاة مِن الكَواعب

فاقَت عَلى السَبعة الكَواكب

I would ransom the graceful gazelle

Who surpassed the seven planets

ماسَت فَأَبدَت لَنا عَجائب

فَأَزرَت الغُصن بِالتَثنّي

She walked, displaying marvels to us

So the branch bent with her gentle sway

شَمس تَوارَت خَلف الحِجاب

وَالصَبّ يَلتاع بِالتَصابي

A sun set behind the veil

And the youth sported in play

يا لَيتَ بِالعاذِلين ما بي

مِن لَوعة الصَدِّ وَالتَجنّي

Would that I felt not the agony

Of rejection and estrangement's pain

مَهلاً فَدتكَ النُفوس مَهلا

فَلَستُ لِلهَجر مِنكَ أَهلا

Gently, your soul ransom I gently

For estrangement I'm not inclined

أَما وَرَشف الرضاب نَهلا

إِنّي لَأَرجو رضاك عَنّي

But the draft of acceptance I've sipped

Indeed, your pleasure I wish to gain

لَمّا تَجَلَّت ذات الجَمال

تَختال بِالتيهِ وَالدَلالِ

When the beauty of her visage shone

Swaying coquettishly, beguiling

بَذَلت روحي لَها وَمالي

وَالوَصل بِالبَذل لا التَمَنّي

I gave my soul and wealth to her

Union by giving, not longing gained

أَقسَمت بِالجيد وَالجَبين

وَالقدّ وَالنهد وَالعُيون

I swore by the neck and the brow

By the stature, breasts and eyes

وَوَجهها الباهر المَصون

أنَّ الهَوى صنعتي وَفَنّي

And her radiant guarded face

That passion fashioned me by its hand

أَذكى صَلاتي مَع التَحايا

تهدى إِلى أَكرَم البَرايا

My prayers with greetings I offer

Bestowed on the best of all mankind

وَآله أَبحر العَطايا

وَمَن بِهم دامَ حُسن ظَنّي

And his family, an ocean of gifts

May my good thoughts of them remain