1. The jurist said to me one evening in Mecca,
As the trimmed camels were passing by.

2. “Fear God, do not look at them, O youth!
And I did not let them distract me from worship during the Hajj."

3. With their anklets wrapped, dragging their robes,
Not concealing their ankles thereby showing little modesty.

4. By God, I will not forget, though years have passed,
Their bare shins glittering like swords unsheathed.

5. Nor the musk scent from their breasts, nor the coolness
Of their slender waists, like straight hollow reeds.