وَلَمّا تَبَدّى الصُبحُ في أَثَرِ الفَجرِ

وَلَمّا تَبَدّى الصُبحُ في أَثَرِ الفَجرِ

وَسارَ الدُجى عَنّا بِأَنجُمِهِ الزُهرِ

وَسارَ الدُجى عَنّا بِأَنجُمِهِ الزُهرِ

And when morning appeared in the wake of dawn,

When dawn appeared in the wake of daybreak,

and darkness departed from us with its shining stars,

And darkness withdrew from us with its bright stars,

عَدَلتُ إِلى الحَمّامِ عَن مَنهَجِ الكَرى

عَدَلتُ إِلى الحَمّامِ عَن مَنهَجِ الكَرى

وَجِئتُ إِلَيهِ هارِباً مِن يَدِ السَكَرِ

وَجِئتُ إِلَيهِ هارِباً مِن يَدِ السَكَرِ

I turned toward the bathhouse, away from the path of sleep,

I headed to the baths, leaving the path of worries,

and came to it fleeing the hand of intoxication.

And came to it fleeing the grip of drunkenness.

فَأَبصَرتث فيهِ شادِناً كانَ جِسمُهُ

فَأَبصَرتث فيهِ شادِناً كانَ جِسمُهُ

أَرَقَّ مِنَ الماءِ الَّذي فَوقَهُ يَجري

أَرَقَّ مِنَ الماءِ الَّذي فَوقَهُ يَجري

Then I saw there a young gazelle whose body was

There I saw a young man whose body

more delicate than the water flowing over it.

Was more delicate than the water flowing over him.

لَهُ عَرَقٌ في وَجنَتَيهِ كَأَنَّهُ

لَهُ عَرَقٌ في وَجنَتَيهِ كَأَنَّهُ

نَدىً فَوقَ وَردٍ أَو حَبابٌ عَلى خَمرِ

نَدىً فَوقَ وَردٍ أَو حَبابٌ عَلى خَمرِ

He had sweat upon his cheeks, as though it were

He had sweat on his cheeks that looked

dew upon roses, or bubbles upon wine.

Like dew above a rose or bubbles on wine.

فَكُنتُ كَأَنّي في السَماءِ أَتَيتُها

فَكُنتُ كَأَنّي في السَماءِ أَتَيتُها

وَقَد نَثَرَت مِنها النُجومُ عَلى البَدرِ

وَقَد نَثَرَت مِنها النُجومُ عَلى البَدرِ

So I felt as though I had entered the sky,

I was as if in heaven I had reached

and the stars had scattered from it upon the full moon.

Where stars were scattered over the full moon.