1. يا مَن لَعِبَت بِهِ شُمولٌ

    ما أَلطَفَ هَذِهِ الشَمائِل

    O you whom wine has toyed with,

    how charming these graces are!

  2. نَشوانُ يَهُزُّهُ دَلالٌ

    كَالغُصنِ مَعَ النَسيمِ مائِل

    Tipsy, swayed by coyness,

    like a branch bending with the breeze.

  3. لا يُمكِنُهُ الكَلامُ لَكِن

    قَد حَمَّلَ طَرفَهُ رَسائِل

    He cannot speak, and yet

    he has laden his gaze with messages.

  4. ما أَطيَبَ وَقتَنا وَأَهنى

    وَالعاذِلُ غائِبٌ وَغافِل

    How sweet our time is, and how blissful,

    with the reproacher absent and unaware.

  5. عِشقٌ وَمَسَرَّةٌ وَسُكرٌ

    وَالعَقلُ بِبَعضِ ذاكَ ذاهِل

    Passionate love, joy, and intoxication—

    and the mind is dazed by even part of that.

  6. وَالبَدرُ يَلوحُ في قِناعٍ

    وَالغُصنُ يَميلُ في غَلائِل

    And the full moon gleams beneath a veil,

    and the branch sways in sheer robes.

  7. وَالوَردُ عَلى الخُدودِ غَضٌّ

    وَالنَرجِسُ في العُيونِ ذابِل

    And the roses on the cheeks are fresh,

    and the narcissus in the eyes droops.

  8. وَالعَيشُ كَما نُحِبُّ صافٍ

    وَالأُنسُ بِما نُحِبُّ كامِل

    And life is untroubled, just as we like it,

    and delight in what we love is complete.

  9. مَولايَ يُحَقُّ لي بِأَنّي

    عَن مِثلِكَ في الهَوى أُقاتِل

    My lord, I am justified, for I

    fight for one such as you in love.

  10. لِيَ فيكَ وَقَد عَلِمتَ عِشقٌ

    لا يَفهَمُ سِرَّهُ العَواذِل

    I bear a love for you, as you know,

    whose secret the reproachers do not understand.

  11. في حُبِّكَ قَد بَذَلتُ روحي

    إِن كُنتَ لِما بَذَلتُ قابِل

    In my love for you, I have offered my soul,

    if you will accept what I have offered.

  12. لي عِندَكَ حاجَةٌ فَقُل لي

    هَل أَنتَ إِذا سَأَلتُ باذِل

    I have a request of you, so tell me:

    will you grant it when I ask?

  13. في وَجهِكَ لِلرِضى دَليلٌ

    ماتَكذِبُ هَذِهِ المَخائِل

    There is a sign of favor in your face;

    these signs do not lie.

  14. لا أَطلُبُ في الهَوى شَفيعاً

    لي فيكَ غِنىً عَنِ الوَسائِل

    I seek no intercessor in love;

    in you I have no need of intermediaries.

  15. ذا العامُ مَضى وَلَيتَ شِعري

    هَل يُرجِعُ لي رِضاكَ قابِل

    This year has passed; would that I knew

    whether the next will restore your favor to me.

  16. ها عَبدُكَ واقِفٌ ذَليلٌ

    بِالبابِ يَمُدُّ كَفَّ سائِل

    Behold your servant, standing humbled

    at the door, holding out a beggar's hand.

  17. مِن وَصلِكَ بِالقَليلِ يَرضى

    الطَلُّ مِنَ الحَبيبِ وابِل

    He is content with just a little closeness to you;

    a drizzle from the beloved is a downpour.