1. خَفض عَليك مفنّدي

    أَنا عَبد هَذا السَيّدِ

    Ease up, my reproacher.

    I am the slave of this master:

  2. ملك رَعيتهُ القُلو

    ب غَدَت لَهُ طَوع اليَد

    a king whose subjects are hearts—

    they have become obedient to his hand.

  3. أَمسى وَأَصبح في هَوا

    هُ بحيرة وتنهدِ

    I pass evening and morning in love

    with him, bewildered and sighing.

  4. رَقَدت عُيون النيرا

    ت وَلوعتي لَم تَرقُد

    The eyes of the stars have fallen asleep,

    yet my burning anguish has not slept.

  5. أَفدي بَياضاً ساطِعاً

    مِن بُردَتيهِ بِأَسوَدِ

    I would ransom a radiant whiteness

    from his two cloaks with blackness.

  6. وَأَنا الشَهيد وَلَحظُهُ

    الجاني عَليَّ وَلا يَدِ

    And I am the martyr; his glance

    is the culprit against me, not a hand.

  7. قَسَماً بِنَرجس مُلقَتي

    هِ وَخَدِهِ المُتَوردِ

    I swear by the narcissus of his two eyes,

    and by his rose-flushed cheek;

  8. وَبِغُصن قامَتِهِ الرَطي

    ب وَعَطفُهُ المُتَأود

    and by the tender bough of his stature,

    and his gracefully bending flank;

  9. وَبِما حَواهُ ثَغرَهُ

    مِن لُؤلؤ مُتَنضدِ

    and by what his mouth holds

    of pearls arrayed in rows;

  10. وَبِسحر ناظِرِهِ الَّذي

    هاروت عَنهُ بِمَرصِدِ

    and by the magic of his gaze, for which

    Harut lies in wait;

  11. وَبِلَيل مُرسَل فرعَهُ

    الفاحم المُتَجَعِدِ

    and by the night of his flowing tresses,

    coal-black and curled;

  12. وَبِطَلعة لَكَ يا عَلي

    مِنها الجَمال بِمَشهَدِ

    and by your countenance, O Ali,

    from which beauty is plainly seen:

  13. إِن المَحاسن كُلَها

    جُمِعَت لَديكَ بِمُفرَدِ

    indeed, all beauties

    have been gathered in you alone.