خُذي مِن وِدادي العين يا قُرّة العَين
وَفي عبد عين ما رأى مِنكَ مِن عينِ
Take from my love, O apple of my eye
Though no slave's eye has seen of you an eye
وَهاك وُجُودي يا اِبنة القَوم فاِسمحي
وَجُودي بِما تَحوي يَدايَ مِن العينِ
My being with what my hands contain of the eye
Do not distance me intentionally lest you gloat
وَلا تبعديني عَمدَ عينٍ فَتشمتي
وشاتي وَتغري في المَلامة بي عيني
And my enemies gloat in blaming me, O eye
Your love called my eye to overflow its springs
هَواكِ دَعا عَيني تَفيض عُيونها
وَداعي الهَوى يا هِند لَيسَ سِوى العينِ
And the love caller, O Hind, is none but the eye
O mistress of the mole that adorned my cheek
وَيا رَبّة الخال الَّتي شابَ عارِضي
بِها وَغَرامي السالف العَهد كَالعينِ
With it and my old love like the eye
Keep in touch and remember the pact between us
صِلي وَاِذكُري العَهد الَّذي كانَ بَيننا
بِجلّق لا في بَعلبكَّ وَلا العينِ
In Jalliq not in Baalbek nor Ain
Our pact was watered with anxiety towards its fidelity
سَقى عَهدَنا بِالخيف صَوب عهاده
وَحيّا الحَيا الدار الأَنيسة بِالعينِ
And greeted this dear abode with the eye
Oh, I wish I knew, did she forget after our separation
أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل عفت بعد بعدنا
فَما بال عَيني لا تَرى ثَمَّ مِن عينِ
So why do my eyes not see still an eye
So O breeze that longing moves with for the beloved
فَيا نَسمَةً يَحدو بِها الشَوق لِلحمى
خُذي خَبر الأَشجان عَنّي دُعا عينِ
Take news of the lovers from me called the eye
And O rider of the swift camels that flees with them
وَيا راكب الوَجناء يَفري بِها الفَلا
كَأَنّ ذراعيها جَناحان لِلعينِ
As if its forearms were wings for the eye
And greet the singing dales in its plains
وَحيّ مَغاني الغانيات بِسفحهِ
فَقَد نَظَرت مِنها الحَدائق بِالعينِ
For the gardens have looked from it with the eye
And ask the roaming gazelle why her pouring tears
وَسَل ظبية الوَعساء ما بال صبّها
يَخطّ أَديم الأَرض بِالدَمع كَالعينِ
Trace the earth's surface with blood like the eye
And the doe-eyed maidens' eyes were confused by her beauty
وَعَيناء حور العين حارَت بِحُسنِها
وَعوّّذها راقي الجَمالِ مِن العينِ
And the beauty charmer protected her from the eye
My eyes witness from her qualities, witnesses
تُشاهد عَيني مِن سَناها شَواهِداً
وَلَكن لِقَلبي شَرحها لَيسَ لِلعينِ
But explaining them is not for the eye
If her phantom visited my bed, it would have been
مُحجَّبَةً لَو طَيفها زارَ مَضجَعي
لَكانَ رَقيبي لَيله وَالسُها عيني
My watcher at night and distraction by day, my eye
Protected between swords and spears
مُمنّعة بَينَ الصَوارم وَالقَنا
مُنعَّمة بِالغيد مُنعَمة العينِ
Luxuriant with braids, luxuriant of eye
She unleashes arrows of coquetry from the bow of her eyebrow
تريش سِهام الهدبِ عَن قَوس حاجب
فَيَغدو لَها قَلب المُتيّمِ كَالعينِ
So the lovesick heart becomes like the eye
So O gazelle of the herd whose shedding of my blood
فَيا ظبية السرب الَّتي سَفَكَت دَمي
بِفَتك نِصال العين أَنتَ عَلى عيني
Was by the slaughter of the eye’s blades, you are over my eye
A soul ransomed by the precious has been ransomed
فِدىً لَك نَفسٌ بِالنَفيس قَد اِفتَدَت
وَمَن لي بِأَن أَفدي جَمالك بِالعينِ
And who can ransom your beauty for me with the eye?
And O critic, leave your ugly blame and relent
وَيا لائِمي دَع لُؤم لومك وَاِتَّئد
فَكَم عصبة تَلحى فَتُلحى وَكَم عينِ
For how many a knot is untied and how many an eye
And you blame me for a glancing look from her
وَرُبَّ مَهاةٍ أَنتَ تَعذِلُني بِها
مَتَى عينت أَصَبت فُؤادك بالعينِ
When have you aimed right and hit your heart with the eye?
I disobeyed my family and mother and father for it
عَصيت بِها أَهلي وَأُمّي وَوالِدي
فَماذا عَسى يُجدي المَلام مِن العينِ
So what can blame accomplish from the eye?
I do not feel safe from blaming except
وَلا آمَنُ العذّالَ إِلّا تَخلّصاً
بِمَدح أَمين الدَولة الماجد العينِ
By praising the magnificent trusted one of the eye
A prince whose appearance points to his superiority
أَمير عُلىً قَد دَلَّ مَنظَر ذاتِهِ
عَلى فَضلِهِ أَكرم بِذَلِكَ مِن عينِ
The most generous with that over the eye
A towering mountain, its height adorned the heights
وَطودُ نُهىً زانَ العُلى وزنه المَلا
بِقسطاس حلم لا تَرى فيهِ مِن عينِ
With the balance of forbearance, no eye in it
He chose from the best positions, ranks
تخيّر مِن أَسنى المَعالي مَراتِباً
فَكانَ لَهُ بَينَ الوَرى شَرَف العينِ
Thus he had between all people the nobility of the eye
I see the seven planets—and it is their full moon
أَرى السَبعة الزُهرَ العُلى وَهوَ بَدرها
دَنانير لَيسَ الغَير مِنها سِوى عينِ
Dirhams with none like them but the eye
A gallant whose spring of generosity the thirsty return to
فَتىً ترد العافون ينبوع جودِهِ
وَهَل يَرد الظَمآن إِلّا إِلى العينِ
And does the thirsty return except to the eye?
Spur on, O hopeful, at his door of generosity
أنخ أَيُّها الراجي عَلى باب فَضلِهِ
مَطايا الرَجا وَاِنزل بِنادي نَدى العينِ
The steeds of hope and descend at the valley’s call, eye
You see prosperity in what his right hand spent
تَرَ اليمن فيما فيهِ جادَت يَمينه
وَكَم درهم لا خَير فيه وَكَم عينِ
And how many a worthless dirham and how many an eye
So speak of the boundless sea with all
فَحدّث عَن البَحر العُباب بِكُلّ ما
رَواهُ لَنا راوي السحاب عَن العينِ
That the relater of clouds has relayed to us from the eye
Facing a roaring lion, fury departs his face
لَدى أَسد تنجاب عَن وَجهِهِ الوَغى
كَما اِنجابَ مسكيّ الغَمام عَن العينِ
As Musky the clouds departs from the eye
Harder than cool clear water is his harsh nature
قَسا قَسوة الجلمودِ بَأساً وَطَبعه
أَرقُّ مِن الماء الزُلال لَدى العينِ
The protector of the abode and glory never fled
Mankind from his loftiness at all from the eye
حَمى الدار حامي حَوزة المَجد ما نَحا
بَنو الدَهر مِن عَليائِهِ قطُّ مِن عينِ
Under the clouds his swords gleam for him
As lightning gleamed from within the eye
تَلوح لَها تَحتَ العَجاجِ سُيوفه
كَما شيم بَرق لاحَ مِن خللِ العينِ
Had he willed, he would have tested the Samhari steeds
Riding them and the eye would have tested the eye
وَلَو شاء يَبلو السمهريّة لاِعتلى
بِها الهام مِنها وَاِبتَلى العين بِالعينِ
He repelled their horses in retreat
As Taha the Chosen repelled the eye of The One of the Eye
وَردَّ عَلى أَعقابِها الخَيل شرَّعاً
كَما رَدَّ طَه المُصطَفى عَينَ ذي العينِ
Destined, their steeds take shelter in Damascus
Their voices between Sanaa and the Eye
مَسوّمةً تَأوي الشآمَ جيادُها
وَأَصواتها ما بينَ صنعاء والعينِ
So O Kaaba of superiority which is a direction
To which the ardent incline, incline of the eye
فيا كعبة فضل التي هِيَ قبلَةٌ
لَها اِنتَجَع القصّاد مُنتجع العينِ
With your rain, the plant of your superiority is watered
And the planting of others is watered from the eye
بِجَدواك يُروى غَرس فَضلك في المَلا
فَيَنمو وَغَرس الغَير يسقى مِن العينِ
Indeed, what the gallant spent in God’s cause one day
Is more fruitful than the eye
ألا في سَبيل اللَه ما أَنفَقَ الفَتى
مِن البرّ يَوماً فَهوَ أَربى مِن العينِ
So I wed to you, Trustee of Glory, a brilliant maiden
Wedding of the singing maidens over jewelry and the eye
فَهاكَ أَمين المَجد بكراً زَففتها
زَفاف الغَواني عَن حلى الدرّ وَالعينِ
I repeat the word ‘eye’ not ‘mole’ though I
Meter the rhymes seeing none but the eye
أَكرّر لَفظ العَين لا الخال إِنَّني
إِخال القَوافي لا تَرى بِسوى العينِ
She is the chaste virgin whose system’s composition
In its rulings transcends the wisdom of the eye
هِيَ الغادة العَذراء عقد نظامها
بِأَحكامِهِ يَسمو عَلى حكمة العينِ
If The One of the Two Eyes saw her, he would call
The letters of admiration to eulogize you, O eye
فَلو أَنَّ ذا العَينين عاينها دَعا
حُروفَ الهِجا تَعنو بِمَدحك لِلعينِ
If you see a shortcoming, your forgiveness has not
Ceased to conceal it, screening the eye over the eye
فَإِن تَرَ تَقصيراً فَعَفوك لَم يَزَل
لَهُ ساتِراً ستر الرِداء عَلى العينِ
So grant it acceptance, it being from the effects of praise
And effects are gifted to the eye
فَهبها قبولاً فَهيَ مِن أَثَر الثَنا
لِعلياك وَالآثار تُهدى إِلى العينِ
With continuity acting to favors turning
Like the turning of the faa, laam, and eye
وَدُم فاعِلاً لِلمكرمات تَصرّفاً
كَتَصريف فاء الحَمد وَاللام وَالعينِ
As long as I aim at your superiority saying
Take from my love, O apple of the eye
مَدى الدَهر ما يَمّمت عَلياك قائِلاً
خُذي مِن وِدادي العينَ يا قُرّة العينِ
