إن هداني في اللَّيلِ عَنبرُ خَالِه

إن هداني في اللَّيلِ عَنبرُ خَالِه

ثَغرهُ لا محيدَ لي عن زُلالِه

ثَغرهُ لا محيدَ لي عن زُلالِه

If the ambergris of his mole guides me by night

In the night his cheek's radiance guides me,

to his mouth, I cannot turn aside from its limpid water.

Its charm I cannot evade.

أو أراني برقُ الثَّنايا لَمُوعاً

أو أراني برقُ الثَّنايا لَمُوعاً

شِمتُهُ بالمدامعِ الهطَّاله

شِمتُهُ بالمدامعِ الهطَّاله

Or if the lightning of his front teeth shows me a gleam,

Or lightning from the clouds makes me see

I watch it through streaming tears.

His eyes with pouring tears inundated.

بدرُ تمِّ إن ينقُصِ البَدرُ لا ين

بدرُ تمِّ إن ينقُصِ البَدرُ لا ين

قُصُ شيءٌ من حُسنهِ وَكَمالِه

قُصُ شيءٌ من حُسنهِ وَكَمالِه

A full moon: even if the moon wanes, no

Though the full moon may decrease, its essence

part of his beauty and perfection diminishes.

Stays perfect, nothing subtracted.

ما انثَنى قدُّهُ وما ماسَ إِلاَّ

ما انثَنى قدُّهُ وما ماسَ إِلاَّ

أَخجَلَ الغُصنَ من تَثَنِّي دَلاِله

أَخجَلَ الغُصنَ من تَثَنِّي دَلاِله

Never did his figure bend or sway without

His posture sways not except to humble

putting the bough to shame with his coquettish swaying.

The bending boughs with grace saturated.

عمَّهُ خالُهُ جَمالاً وَقَد خَصَّ

عمَّهُ خالُهُ جَمالاً وَقَد خَصَّ

فؤادي بهَجرهِ وَمَلالِه

فؤادي بهَجرهِ وَمَلالِه

His mole suffused him with beauty, yet singled out

His cheek took all the beauty, and my heart

my heart for his abandonment and weariness.

He overwhelmed with his disdain belated.

لَيتَهُ إِذ أَذاقَ قلبي هجراً

لَيتَهُ إِذ أَذاقَ قلبي هجراً

جادَ يوماً لهُ بطيبِ وصَالِه

جادَ يوماً لهُ بطيبِ وصَالِه

Would that, having made my heart taste estrangement,

Would that when to my heart his aloofness dealt

he would one day grant it the sweetness of union with him.

He had also given union elated!

قُل لهُ يا حبيبُ رِفقاً بِصَبِّ

قُل لهُ يا حبيبُ رِفقاً بِصَبِّ

عَاشِقٍ قَد سَكنتَ بالي وَبَاله

عَاشِقٍ قَد سَكنتَ بالي وَبَاله

Say to him: “O beloved, be gentle with a lovesick

Say to him, my love, be gentle with

lover; you have dwelt in my thoughts and his.

A doting lover whom you dominated.

وارثِ للعاشِقِ الذي لا يرَاهُ ال

وارثِ للعاشِقِ الذي لا يرَاهُ ال

دَّهرُ يوماً يُصغي إِلى عُذالِه

دَّهرُ يوماً يُصغي إِلى عُذالِه

And pity the lover who is never seen by

Inherit from a doter whom fate

Time, on any day, listening to his reproachers.”

Has never let his plaints be placated.

فَلِهِجرانِهِ أَرى النَّومَ فرضاً

فَلِهِجرانِهِ أَرى النَّومَ فرضاً

فَلَعلِّي أحظَى بِطَيفِ خَيالِه

فَلَعلِّي أحظَى بِطَيفِ خَيالِه

So, because of his estrangement, I deem sleep a duty,

For his estrangement I make sleep a duty,

for perhaps I may be blessed with his image in a dream.

Hoping to be blessed with his specter created.