أَخْجَلْتَ بِالثَّغْرِ ثَنَايَا الأَقَاحْ
يَا طُرَّةَ الَّليْلِ وَوَجْهَ الصَّبَاحْ
With your mouth, you have put the daisies’ front teeth to shame.
O forelock of night and face of dawn!
وَأَعْجَمَتْ أَعْيُنُكَ السِّحْرَ مُذْ
أَعْرَبْتَ مِنْهُنَّ الصِّفَاتِ الصِّحَاحْ
And your eyes have left magic speechless, ever since
you revealed through them the true qualities.
فَيا لَهَا سُودٌ مِرَاضٌ غَدَتْ
نَسُلُّ لِلْعُشْاقِ بِيضَ الصَّباحْ
Ah, how dark and languid those eyes have become!
We unsheathe for lovers the white blades of dawn.
يِا لِلْهَوَى مِنْ مُسْعِدٍ مُغَرَمٍ
رَأَى حَمَامَ الأَيْكِ غَنَّى فَنَاحْ
O love, what a lovesick sympathizer!
He saw the grove’s doves sing, and so he lamented.
يَا بَانَةً مَالَتْ بِأَعْطَافِهِ
قَدْ عَلَّمَتْنِي كَيْفَ هَذَا الرِّمَاحْ
O bān-tree that swayed with his frame,
it has indeed taught me what these spears are like.
وًَأَنْتِ يَا أَسْهُمَ أَلْحَاظِهِ
أَثْخَنْتِ والله فُؤَادِي جِرَاحْ
And you, O arrows of his glances,
by God, you have riddled my heart with wounds.
Sol 6.1