خَرَجنَ خُروجَ الأَنجُمِ الزُهرِ فَاِلتَقى

خَرَجنَ خُروجَ الأَنجُمِ الزُهرِ فَاِلتَقى

عَلَيهُنَّ مِنهُنَّ المَلاحَةُ وَالشَكلُ

عَلَيهُنَّ مِنهُنَّ المَلاحَةُ وَالشَكلُ

They emerged as radiant stars emerge, and so met

The stars came out like flowers in bloom

Upon them, from themselves, loveliness and coquetry.

Meeting together in harmony of form and grace

وَخالٍ كَخالِ البَدرِ في وَجهِ مِثلِهِ

وَخالٍ كَخالِ البَدرِ في وَجهِ مِثلِهِ

لَقينا المُنى فيهِ فَحاجَزَنا البَذلُ

لَقينا المُنى فيهِ فَحاجَزَنا البَذلُ

And a mole like the full moon's mark, on a face like that moon—

With a mole like the moon's in a similar face

In it we found our wishes, but giving held us back.

We found our desires in him, though paying the price

وَماءٍ كَعَينِ الشَمسِ لا يَقبَلُ القَذى

وَماءٍ كَعَينِ الشَمسِ لا يَقبَلُ القَذى

إِذا دَرَجَت فيهِ الصِبا خِلتَهُ يَعلو

إِذا دَرَجَت فيهِ الصِبا خِلتَهُ يَعلو

And water like the sun's orb, admitting no mote,

With eyes like the sun, taking in no speck of dust

When the east breeze glides through it, you would think it rises.

When the youthful breeze stirred its calmness was lost

مِنَ الضُحَّكِ الغُرِّ اللَواتي إِذا اِلتَقَت

مِنَ الضُحَّكِ الغُرِّ اللَواتي إِذا اِلتَقَت

يُحَدِّثُ عَن أَسرارِها السَبَلُ الهَطلُ

يُحَدِّثُ عَن أَسرارِها السَبَلُ الهَطلُ

From the laughing, radiant clouds that, when they meet,

Of lips red and moist that when coming together

The pouring rain tells of their secrets.

Reveal their secrets through trails and rainfall

صَدَعنا بِهِ حَدَّ الشَمولِ وَقَد طَفَت

صَدَعنا بِهِ حَدَّ الشَمولِ وَقَد طَفَت

فَأَلبَسَها حِلماً وَفي حِلمِها جَهلُ

فَأَلبَسَها حِلماً وَفي حِلمِها جَهلُ

With it we broke the wine's sharp edge, when the wine had risen;

We broke through with him to complete union and more

So it clothed the wine in forbearance, yet in its forbearance lay rashness.

Robing it in dream, though in dream there was ignorance