يختال في مشيتهِ

يختال في مشيتهِ

كالغصن في دقّتهِ

كالغصن في دقّتهِ

He struts as he walks,

He sways proudly in his gait,

Like a bough in his slenderness.

Like a bough in his slenderness,

فالدرِ في مضحكهِ

فالدرِ في مضحكهِ

والمسكُ في نكهتهِ

والمسكُ في نكهتهِ

And pearls are in his smile,

With pearls in his smiling mouth,

And musk is in his breath.

And musk within his breath,

نازعتهُ مشمولةً

نازعتهُ مشمولةً

كالبرقِ في خطفتهِ

كالبرقِ في خطفتهِ

I shared with him wine chilled by the north wind,

I shared with him a chilled vintage,

Like lightning in its flash.

Like lightning in its sudden flash,

فلم يزل يمزجُ لي

فلم يزل يمزجُ لي

الباقيَ من فضلتهِ

الباقيَ من فضلتهِ

So he kept mixing for me

And he ceased not mixing for me

The rest of what he had left.

The remainder left in his cup,

والنقل من تقبيل ما

والنقل من تقبيل ما

يقطفُ من وجنتهِ

يقطفُ من وجنتهِ

And the sweetmeats were kisses

And the relish was the kissing of what

Plucked from his cheek.

Is plucked from his cheek,

سقياً لها من دعوةٍ

سقياً لها من دعوةٍ

تُدعى إلى نيكتهِ

تُدعى إلى نيكتهِ

May blessings rain upon that invitation:

May blessings rain upon an invitation

You are invited to fuck him.

That summoned me to his bedding.