بِجَمعِ جَفنَيكِ مَنُّ البُرءِ وَالسَقَمِ

لا تَسفِكي مِن جُفوني بِالفِراقِ دَمي

With the gathering of your eyelids, healing and sickness

Do not shed my blood from your eyelids with parting

إِشارَةٌ مِنكِ تُعييني وَأَفصَحُ ما

رُدَّ السَلامُ غَداةَ البَينِ بِالعَنَمِ

A gesture from you gives me life, and most eloquent is

The return of greetings the morning after separation with blandishment

تَعليقُ قَلبي بِذاتِ القُربِ يُؤلِمُهُ

فَليَشكُرِ القُرطُ تَعليقاً بِلا أَلَمِ

My heart's attachment to the essence of nearness pains it

So may the earring be thankful for attachment without pain

تَضَرَّمَت جَمرَةٌ في ماءِ وَجنَتِها

وَالجَمرُ في الماءِ خافٍ غَيرُ مُضطَّرِمِ

An ember smoldered in the water of her cheek

And an ember in water extinguishes without being lit

وَما نَسيتُ وَلا أَنسى تَحَشُّمَها

وَميسَمُ الحُرِّ عَقلٌ غَيرُ ذي غَلَمِ

I have not forgotten nor will I forget her bashfulness

And the master of passion is a mind without a boy

حَتّى إِذا طاحَ عَنها المِرطُ مِن دَهَشٍ

وَاِنحَلَّ في النَظمِ عَقدُ السِلكِ في الظُلَمِ

Until the turban fell from her in astonishment

And the string of prose was undone in the darkness

وَظِلتُ أَلثَمُ عَينَيها وَمِن عَجَبٍ

أَنّي أَقَلُّ أَسِيّاً فَاِسفِكِنَّ دَمي

I kissed her eyes again and again in wonder

That I suffer less, so shed my blood!