1. يا شموساً طلعتْ في الغلسِ

    ما عليكنَّ من المختلسِ

    O suns that rose in the predawn gloom,

    What have you to fear from a furtive gazer?

  2. درنَ في أفلاككنَّ دورةً

    تكشفُ الريبَ عن الملتبسِ

    Circle once within your orbits,

    dispelling doubt from what is obscure.

  3. وترفَّقْنَ بصبٍّ مُدْنفٍ

    يتلظى قلبهُ كالقبسِ

    And be gentle with a lover wasting away,

    whose heart blazes like a firebrand.

  4. ظنَّهُ عاذلُهُ ذا جُنَّةٍ

    أدكرتْ من أمرِ قيسٍ ما نسي

    His reproacher thought him possessed by a madness

    that revived what was forgotten of Qays's tale.

  5. وإذا ظنُّوا الغرامَ هوساً

    فأنا ربُّ الهوى والهوسِ

    And if they deem passionate love a frenzy,

    then I am the lord of love and frenzy.

  6. قد شجتني أنةُ العودِ فلمْ

    يبقَ مني غيرُ رجعُ النفسِ

    The oud's moan has grieved me, and nothing

    remains of me but the echo of breath.

  7. أترى أيديهم تلمسهُ

    أم ترى يعشقُ ذاتَ الملسِ

    Do you think their hands are touching it,

    or do you think it loves the one with the soft touch?