يا مَن لِقَلبٍ مُتَيَّمٍ كَلِفٍ

يَهذي بِخَودٍ مَريضَةِ النَظَرِ

O you whose anguished heart is burdened with grief

And raves deliriously with ailing gaze,

تَمشي الهُوَينا إِذا مَشَت فُضُلاً

وَهيَ كَمِثلِ العُسلوجِ في الشَجَرِ

She walks gently like honey dripping from the tree,

We neither coveted her, nor did she expect us,

ما إِن طَمِعنا بِها وَلا طَمِعَت

حَتّى اِلتَقَينا لَيلاً عَلى قَدَرِ

Until we met by chance one night.

My eyes grew confused as I looked at her,

ما زالَ طَرفي يَحارُ إِذ نَظَرَت

حَتّى رَأَيتُ النُقصانَ في بَصَري

Until I saw my vision had diminished,

One night I saw her and forgot her,

أَبصَرتُها لَيلَةً وَنِسوَتِها

يَمشينَ بَينَ المَقامِ وَالحَجَرِ

Walking lightly between staying and leaving.

White, beautiful, tender buds she walked gently like cows,

بيضاً حِساناً خَرائِداً قُطُفاً

يَمشينَ هَوناً كَمِشيَةِ البَقَرِ

Endowed with beauty and grace together,

And endowed with messengers of coyness and vigilance,

قَد فُزنَ بِالحُسنِ وَالجَمالِ مَعاً

وَفُزنَ رِسلاً بِالدَلِّ وَالخَفَرِ

They listen to her when she speaks,

To prefer her over all mankind,

يُنصِتنَ يَوماً لَها إِذا نَطَقَت

كَيما يُفَضِّلنَها عَلى البَشَرِ

She said to a girlfriend confiding in her,

“You will spoil pilgrimage all your life.”

قالَت لِتِربٍ لَها تُحَدِّثُها

لَتُفسِدِنَّ الطَوافَ في عُمَرِ

“Get up and confront him so he may see us,

Then wink at him, O sister, in vigilance.”

قومي تَصَدَّي لَهُ لِيُبصِرَنا

ثُمَّ اِغمُزيهِ يا أُختُ في خَفَرِ

She said, “I have winked at him but he refused,

Then I walked briskly following you.”

قالَت لَها قَد غَمَزتُهُ فَأَبى

ثُمَّ اِسبَطَرَّت تَسعى عَلى أَثَري

Whoever is satiated with her saliva after sleep,

Is satiated with musk and cool waist.

مَن يُسقَ بَعدَ المَنامِ ريقَتَها

يُسقَ بِمِسكٍ وَبارِدٍ خَصِرِ

She is a bashful, lovely, difficult maiden,

At the prime of her beauty.

حَوراءُ مَمكورَةٌ مُحَبَّبَةٌ

عَسراءُ لِلشَكلِ عِندَ مُجتَمَرِ