1. Let me tell of the night he called me to walk
With him, while the doe in my heart
١. دَعاني إِلى الصَهباءِ وَاللَيلُ عاقِدٌ
نواصيهِ ظَبيٌ في فُؤادي كِناسُهُ
2. Brushed by. And I lay with him till the break of dawn,
Befuddled, as the Pleiades untied their sashes.
٢. وَبِتُّ لَقىً مِن عَتبِهِ وَمُدامِهِ
وَريقَتِهِ وَاللَيلُ ضافٍ لِباسُهُ
3. The nectar I drank was not what spills
From a cup, but the kiss of his mouth.
٣. فأَسكَرَني وَالنَّجمُ مُرخٍ نِطاقَهُ
جَنى الرِّيقِ لا ما أُرعِفَتْ مِنهُ كاسُهُ