1. The boredom played with his laziness,
And his drowsiness toyed with his gaze,

2. His anklets rattled as he swayed,
And his scarf coiled over the dunes,

3. Before I saw the radiance of his face,
I did not think the full moons spun in the branches,

4. I flirted with him until his mouth appeared,
And I mistook him for a pearl on coral,

5. How many nights did I embrace him, as though
I embraced from his arm the branch of a willow,

6. He frolics and plays at my wrists' knot,
Like a stallion playing at the bend of the rein.