1. إنَّ أبا حفصٍ له

    هامةُ صدقٍ نَزِهَهْ

    Indeed, Abu Hafs has

    A fine, unblemished head.

  2. صَنَّعَها خالقُها

    للصفعِ من كل جِهَهْ

    Its creator fashioned it

    For slapping from every side.

  3. لو لم تَجُل فيها يَدي

    يوماً لظلَّتْ ولهَهْ

    If my hand did not roam over it

    For a day, it would remain lovesick.

  4. كأنها أمنيةٌ

    أو حاجةٌ مُتَّجههْ

    As though it were a wish

    Or a desire within reach.

  5. تنزلُ فيها فَتَرى

    صَحَارِياً مُشتبههْ

    You descend upon it and see

    Deserts indistinguishable from one another.

  6. تظلُّ كَفِّي كُلما

    نزلتُ فيها فكِههْ

    My palm remains, whenever

    I come down upon it, delighted.

  7. كأنما لَمَسْتُها

    ثَدْيُ فتاة فَرهَهْ

    As though what I touched were

    The breast of a lively maiden.

  8. ما لمتُ نَفْساً أصبحتْ

    غَرْثَى إليها شرههْ

    I have not blamed a soul that has grown

    Hungry for it, ravenous,

  9. تَحلُم في النومِ بها

    بالليلِ بل مُنْتَبههْ

    Dreaming of it in sleep

    By night—nay, even when awake.