رأى قفاك الذي رآه

رأى قفاك الذي رآه

سهلا وما كان بالممنّع

سهلا وما كان بالممنّع

Whoever saw your nape found it

He who saw your undulating hips

easy of access, and not well protected.

Thought them supple, though forbidden

فبات ينشى وبت تملى

فبات ينشى وبت تملى

وهو يقفَّى وأنت تسجع

وهو يقفَّى وأنت تسجع

So he spent the night composing, and you dictating,

So he craved throughout the night

while he supplied rhymes and you spoke in rhymed prose.

As you swayed and he lamented