وأغنّ في الفقهاء رمت تسلياً

وأغنّ في الفقهاء رمت تسلياً

فأتى العذار بحسنه المخصوص

فأتى العذار بحسنه المخصوص

And a sweet, nasal-voiced youth among the jurists—I sought to forget him;

I sang of the jurists as a solace

then his cheek-down appeared with its distinctive beauty.

Then the bachelor came with his particular beauty

وأعدت فاتحة الهوى إذ نصَّ في

وأعدت فاتحة الهوى إذ نصَّ في

خدّ فلم تبطل على المنصوص

خدّ فلم تبطل على المنصوص

And I repeated love’s opening when it inscribed its text on a

And I prepared the opening verse of passion when he aimed

cheek; so, according to the explicit ruling, it was not annulled.

At a cheek, which did not annul what was set down