1. After youth, I beheld a garden, once blossoming,
Whose union I had not hoped to see restored,
١. تأمَّلت من بعد الصبا حال وجنةٍ
لغيداء لم أطمع بعوْدِ وصالها
2. Her brother I was, but now am as her uncle,
Alas! Her cheek’s mole, I cannot kiss anymore.
٢. وكنت أخا سعدى فأصبحت عمّها
فهيهات لي جدّ بتقبيل خالها