poetry · Issue No. 10, October 1951 · p. 3
O My Enchanter
يا ساحري · ر.م.
O you who bewitch me with those eyes, I love you to madness.
I see you with another — why do the suspicions of you come true?
Who is he, then, this companion — the intruder, the liar, the traitor?
He is not worthy of this beauty of yours — how then can you betray?
I was envied for you — and people envy every blessing.
After the gentle quiet, after the happiness and calm,
I saw you playing so freely, singing on to the edge of wantonness.
Answer me — you blush! From where were you taught these arts?
I knew you a lover of great fidelity, of great charm;
has some vanity beguiled you, has some madness come over you?
If your promise is a debt, then how many debts you owe me!
يا ساحري بالعيون احبكَ حتى الجنونْ
اراك وغيري لماذا تجيب فيك الظنونْ
فمن هو هذا الرفيق الدخيل الكذوب الخؤونْ؟
وليس جديراً بحسنك هذا فكيف تخونْ
حسدتُ عليك والناس من نعمةٍ يحسدونْ
ابعد الهدؤ اللطيف وبعد الهنا والسكونْ
رأيتك تلهو كثيراً وتهزج حتى المجونْ
اجبني خجلتَ فمن اين علّمت هذي الفنونْ
عهدتك صبّاً كثير الوفاءِ كثير الفتونْ
فهلا دهاك غرور وهلا اعتراك جنونْ
اذا كان وعدك ديناً فكم لي عليك ديونْ
ر.م.
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