وأغنَّ تسكُرُه فتورُ جفونِه

وأغنَّ تسكُرُه فتورُ جفونِه

فكأنّما هي قد سقتْهُ عُقارا

فكأنّما هي قد سقتْهُ عُقارا

And a sweet-voiced one whom his eyelids’ languor intoxicates,

As though they had given him wine to drink.

كالبدرِ وجهاً والقضيبِ تثنّياً

كالبدرِ وجهاً والقضيبِ تثنّياً

والدعصِ رَدْفاً والغزالِ نِفارا

والدعصِ رَدْفاً والغزالِ نِفارا

Like the full moon in face, and a slender bough in his swaying,

And a sand dune in his haunches, and a gazelle in his shying away.

أوردتُ إنساني بصفحةِ خدِّه

أوردتُ إنساني بصفحةِ خدِّه

ماءً فأضرمَ في الجوانحِ نارا

ماءً فأضرمَ في الجوانحِ نارا

I led my eye’s pupil to the surface of his cheek,

To water—and it kindled a fire within my breast.