تقارن النيّران الشَمس وَالقَمَرُ
فَأَشرَق الطالعان السَعد وَالظفرُ
The sun and moon are compared to fires
The sunrise and victory emerged radiantly
وَقامَ داعي الهَنا يَدعو السُرور لَنا
يَزفّه المطربان النايُ وَالوَتَرُ
The caller to joy calls out, bringing us happiness
Played by the two, the flute and guitar
رَعى لَيالي بِالبُشرى قَدِ اِبتَهجَت
فَاِستبشر العالَمانِ الروح وَالبَشَرُ
The nights have brought good news and rejoiced
So the two worlds, soul and humanity, have received good news
تَتلو المَثاني بِها الأَقمار مُشرِقَة
فَيطرب الأَفضلان السَمع وَالبَصَرُ
The rising moons recite poems to it
Bringing joy to the two best, hearing and sight
سَقى الحِمى وَحماهُ اللَه غادية
يروى بِها المعشران البَدو وَالحَضَرُ
It gave water to the sanctuary and Allah protected it passing by
With it the two groups, nomads and settled folk are watered
تِلكَ المَنازل ما زالَت مَطالعها
يَهفو لَها التائقان القَلب وَالنَظَرُ
Those abodes, their rising places have not ceased
The two yearning, heart and sight, covet them
رِياض أُنس إِذا غَنَّت بَلابلها
يسبّح الساجِدان النجم وَالشَجَرُ
Gardens of intimacy, when their nightingales sing
The two prostrating, star and tree, glorify
راقَت وَرقّت على صَفوٍ مَناهلها
حَتّى اِنتَفى الشائِبان الهمّ وَالكَدَرُ
It flowed gently over meadows, its springs
Until the two flaws, worry and discontent, disappeared
فَلا سرت عَن رُبوع الفَضل سارية
أَو تحمد الغايتان الوِرد وَالصَدرُ
Traveling from the environs of virtue unhindered
The two praised, rose and breast, laud it
وَلا اِنبَرَت أَغصُن الأَفراح يانِعَةً
يَزهو بِها الطيّبان النورُ وَالثَمَرُ
Nor have the branches of joy burgeoned
The two beautiful, light and fruit, flourish through them
وَلا تَقضّت لَيالي الأُنس في مَلأٍ
يُلفى بِها المؤنسان اللَهو وَالسَمَرُ
Nor have the nights of intimacy passed in fullness
In them the two companions, play and night talk, are wrapped
جَعَلت تِذكارها لي في العُلى غَزَلاً
مَحَلّه الرتبتان المَجد وَالخَطَرُ
I made their memory for myself in the heights a love
In rank the two, glory and danger, are its place
فَلا مُغازلة الغزلان تَمنعني
عَن بيضها الدَولَتان البيض وَالسمرُ
So the two gazelles' flirtation does not stop me
From their eggs the two colors, white and brown
أَسري فَأَستطلع السرّ المَصون فَلا
يَصدُّني القاتلان الخَوف وَالحَذَرُ
I travel so I can discover the guarded secret so
The two killers, fear and caution, do not bar me
نِعمَ الجسارة كانَ الفَوز غايَتَها
وَبئست الغايتان الجُبن وَالخورُ
How excellent boldness was, its goal victory
And wretched the two goals, cowardice and shame
لا أَعشق المرد أَهواها وَيُهلكني
مِن أَجلِها المرديان السُهد وَالسَهَرُ
I do not love one who rejects me though I love her
And because of her the two rejecters, wakefulness and loss of sleep, destroy me
وَإِنَّما العَين تَستَغني بِغانيةٍ
مِنها حَلا المطلبان العين وَالأَثَرُ
But the eye is only satisfied with a singing girl
Through her the two wishes, eye and trace, are fulfilled
بَدَت لَنا بَين أَترابٍ تَرائبها
خَفيرها الحارِسان اللَحظ وَالخَفَرُ
She appeared between tents, her veil
Guarded by the two guards, glance and vigilance
عَين مِن العرب في أَجفانِها خزر
هامَ الفَريقان فيهِ الترك وَالخَزَرُ
An eye of the Arabs, in her eyelids a Tartar
The two groups were confused by her, Turk and Tartar
مَن لي بِعَقلي أَن يَصحو فَأرشده
وَحَوله الساحِران الغنج وَالحوَرُ
Who can make my reason sober so I may guide it
While the two sorcerers, coquetry and fascination, bewilder it
مِن كُلّ غالية تَزهو بِغاليةٍ
فَيرخص الغاليان المال وَالعمرُ
She is precious but boasts of a female companion
So the two precious, wealth and life, become cheap
شَمس عَلى غُصنِ بانٍ في كَثيب نقىً
بِها زَها الداجيان اللَيل وَالشعرُ
A sun on the branch of a willow in a pure sandhill
Through it the two lights, night and poetry, shone
وَربّ أَحوَر مَعشوق الدَلال بِهِ
قَد حارَت الثَقلان الجنّ وَالبَشَرُ
By Allah, many a fascinating beloved of coquetry
The two weights, jinn and human, are confused about him
أَشكو فأسكب دَمعي وَهوَ مُبتسم
فَيجمع الساهِران البَرق وَالمَطَرُ
I complain and pour out my tears while he smiles
So the two watchers, lightning and rain, gather
رِفقاً فَديتك يا ريم الصَريم فَقَد
أَردانيَ الصارِمان اللَحظ وَالقَدَرُ
Gently, your ransom, O fawn of Sarim, for
The two executioners, glance and fate, have weakened me
وا لوعتاه من اللاحي وَهجركَ لي
بَراني المصميان اليَأس وَالضَجَرُ
Oh woe to me from ardor and your estrangement
The two determiners, despair and discontent, control me
مَن لي بِبَيع الهَوى وَالغيّ يَتبعهُ
لا رَدَّه المُفسدان الغبن وَالغررُ
Who can help me sell this love and infatuation that follows it
The two corrupters, loss and fraud, do not return it
وَما اِلتفاتي إِلى الغيد الحِسان إِذا
مَحاسن القَوم لاحَت أَينما ذكروا
I do not pay attention to the singing girls if
The people's beauties appear wherever they are mentioned
أَرى كَواكب مَجدٍ في الحِمى طَلعت
مِنها البُدور وَمِنها الأَنجُم الزُهرُ
I see stars of glory that rose in the sanctuary
Among them planets and among them shining stars
بَنو أَبيهم أَبوا إِلا الكَمال فَما
لَهُم مِن الصيت إِلّا المندل العَطرُ
Their father's sons refused anything but perfection so
Their fame is none but the scented bundle of basil
