البدر والشمس المنيرة

البدر والشمس المنيرة

والدمى والكوكب

والدمى والكوكب

The full moon and the radiant sun,

and the statues and the star,

أضحت ضرائر وجهه

أضحت ضرائر وجهه

من حيث يطلع تغرب

من حيث يطلع تغرب

have become rivals to his face;

where it rises, they set.

وكأن جمر جوانحى

وكأن جمر جوانحى

فى خده تتلهب

فى خده تتلهب

And it is as though the embers in my breast

were blazing in his cheek,

وكأن غصن قوامه

وكأن غصن قوامه

من ماء دمعى يشرب

من ماء دمعى يشرب

and as though the bough of his stature

were drinking from the water of my tears.

وصوالج فى صدغه

وصوالج فى صدغه

بسواد قلبى تلعب

بسواد قلبى تلعب

And polo mallets at his temple

play with the dark core of my heart.