وشادِنٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ ما اسْمُهُ

وشادِنٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ ما اسْمُهُ

فَقالَ لي بالغُنْجِ عَبّاثُ

فَقالَ لي بالغُنْجِ عَبّاثُ

I asked a gazelle-like youth what his name was;

And a young gazelle—I asked him his name.

Coyly he answered me, “ʿAbbāth.”

So he told me coyly, “ʿAbbāth.”

فَصِرْتُ من لَثْغَتِهِ أَلْثَغاً

فَصِرْتُ من لَثْغَتِهِ أَلْثَغاً

فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ الكاثُ والطّاثُ

فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ الكاثُ والطّاثُ

His lisp made a lisper of me,

So his lisp made me lisp as well,

So I asked, “Where are the glath and the bathin?”

And I said, “Where are the glath and the bathin?”