1. انظر إلى غنج هذا الفاتنِ الغنجِ

    تنظر الى بهجٍ بالطرف مبتهجِ

    Look at the coquetry of this coquettish charmer;

    you will behold a radiant beauty, joyful in his gaze.

  2. انظر الى من تجلى نورُه فجلا

    أبصارَنا فمتى تنظرُه تختلجِ

    Look at him whose light shone forth and cleared

    our sight; whenever you see him, you quiver.

  3. يرمي العيونَ ويستدعي القلوب ويس

    تصفي العقولَ ويستولي على المُهجِ

    He strikes the eyes, summons hearts, and wins

    over minds, and takes possession of souls.

  4. أمير حسنٍ بدا للناس في خِلعٍ

    من البهاء بشكلٍ فيه منتسجِ

    A prince of beauty appeared to the people in robes

    of splendor, his form woven into it.

  5. أمير حسن يرينا من محاسنه

    جنداً تركنَ قلوب الناس في رهجِ

    A prince of beauty, he shows us among his charms

    troops that have left people's hearts in a cloud of dust.

  6. إذا العيون بذاك المنظر اكتحلت

    رأينَ ما غيره في منظر سمجِ

    When eyes take that sight for their kohl,

    they see all else as an ugly sight.

  7. فكلما كحلت عيني برؤيته

    زاد البلاء على قلبٍ به بَهِجِ

    So whenever I line my eye with the sight of him,

    the torment grows for a heart that delights in him.

  8. قد عطَّل الدرَّ والمرجانَ مضحكُهُ

    والوردُ في خجلٍ من خدِّه الضَّرِجِ

    His smiling mouth has made pearls and coral needless,

    and the rose is shamed by his crimson cheek.

  9. يمشي فتنتفِضُ الأغصانُ من دهشٍ

    ويستبين اضطرابُ الماء في اللُّججِ

    He walks, and the branches tremble in astonishment,

    and the water's trembling is plain in the depths.

  10. كُلٌّ يريد بأن يحكي حكايته

    وبينهم دَرَجاتٌ صعبةُ الدَّرجِ

    Each wishes to imitate his manner,

    and between them lie ranks hard to ascend.

  11. ففي تعطُّفِ أعطافٍ له فِتَني

    وفي تردُّف أردافٍ له فَرَجي

    For in the swaying of his flanks lie my temptations,

    and in the fullness of his buttocks lies my relief.

  12. أفديك من سَبَجيٍّ كاملِ السَّبجِ

    فالشَعرُ من قَطَطٍ والكحل من غَنَجِ

    I would ransom you, jet-black one, wholly black as jet;

    for your hair is all tight curls, and your kohl is coquetry.

  13. نُغنَى بوجهك عن شمس وعن قمرٍ

    ونارُ خديك تغنينا عن السُرجِ

    With your face, we have no need of sun or moon,

    and the fire of your cheeks spares us the need for lamps.

  14. أقول للعاذل المحتجِّ في عذَلٍ

    انظر إليه فكم لي فيه من حُججِ

    I say to the reproacher, arguing in rebuke:

    "Look at him—how many arguments I have in him!"

  15. لو زُلزل القلب زلزالاً لما انزعجت

    مودَّتي لك فاثبت غير مُنزعجِ

    Were the heart shaken by an earthquake, unshaken would remain

    my love for you; so stand firm, untroubled.

  16. شربتُ حبك صرفاً لا مزاج له

    فسقِّني الوصل صرفاً غير ممتزج

    I drank your love undiluted, with nothing mixed into it;

    so give me union to drink, pure and unmixed.

  17. فرؤيتي لك تُحييني وتقتلني

    ومهجتي منك في موتٍ وفي وَهَجِ

    For seeing you brings me to life and kills me,

    and because of you my soul is in death and burning heat.

  18. اذا تحرَّجتَ من عهدٍ يخون به

    والعبدُ عبدك فاقتله بلا حرجِ

    If you feel scruples over a pledge he breaks,

    the slave is your slave, so kill him without scruple.