1. A graceful gazelle with meaning embodied
As though a happy prosperous world to come
١. وَظَبيِ إِنسٍ ذي مَعانٍ مُكمَلَه
كَأَنَّهُ دُنيا السَعيدِ المُقبِلَه
2. I glanced a glance of primal love
In the basin of a bathhouse, embellished
٢. نَظَرتُهُ نَظرَةَ حُبٍّ أَوَّلَه
في صَحنِ حَمّامٍ بِهِ مُجَمَّلَه
3. With a virile, fecund one - when he stands tall
He kisses while upright, his legs
٣. بِفاحِمٍ سَبطٍ إِذا ما رَجَّلَه
قَبَّلَ في حالِ القِيامِ أَرجُلَه
4. Like the night - how obscure and prolonged it was
Until when he released and let down
٤. كَاللَيلِ ما أَسحَمَهُ وَأَطوَلَه
حَتّى إِذا سَرَّحَهُ وَأَسبَلَه
5. And drew tight like a firmly tied ball
Then excelled in braiding and fixing it
٥. وَشَدَّهُ كَالكُرَةِ المُدَعبَلَه
ثُمَّ أَجادَ ضَفرَهُ وَعَدَّلَه
6. It was like crescents for the new moon dangling
So sometimes a walnut and sometimes an ear of wheat
٦. كانَ بُروجاً لِلهِلالِ مُدَّلَه
فَتارَةً جَوزا وَطَوراً سُنبُلَه