لا صبرَ لي عن بدرِ تمٍّ مُشرقٍ

لا صبرَ لي عن بدرِ تمٍّ مُشرقٍ

أضحَى لَهُ البينُ المشتُّ سرَارَا

أضحَى لَهُ البينُ المشتُّ سرَارَا

I cannot bear to be without a radiant full moon;

I have no patience with the full moon's bright rising,

For him, sundering separation has become the moon's dark phase.

Its remoteness has made the distance agony.

عاتَبتُهُ في صَدِّه قبلَ النَّوى

عاتَبتُهُ في صَدِّه قبلَ النَّوى

فكأنَّ عتْبي زادَهُ إصرارَا

فكأنَّ عتْبي زادَهُ إصرارَا

I reproached him for turning away before parting;

I chided him for his aloofness before parting,

So it was as though my reproach increased his obstinacy.

As if my reproach made him more stubborn.

وعَرتْهُ من خَجلِ العتابِ كآبةٌ

وعَرتْهُ من خَجلِ العتابِ كآبةٌ

زادتْ محاسِنَ وجهِه أنوارَا

زادتْ محاسِنَ وجهِه أنوارَا

And sadness came over him from the embarrassment of reproach,

Reproach made him blush with shame,

Adding radiance to the beauties of his face.

Adding more beauty to his handsome face.

ورأَيتُ أمواهَ الحيَاءِ بخدِهِ

ورأَيتُ أمواهَ الحيَاءِ بخدِهِ

فَتَرَقرَقَت حتَّى استحالَت نَارَا

فَتَرَقرَقَت حتَّى استحالَت نَارَا

And I saw the waters of bashfulness on his cheek;

I saw the waters of modesty fill his cheek,

Then they shimmered until they turned into fire.

Trickling as if they were flames of fire.