1. لا واعتدال قوامك المهزوز

    وصقال هذا خدك الإبريزي

    No, by the poise of your swaying figure,

    and by the sheen of this pure-gold cheek of yours,

  2. وكمال سر أودعته يد البها

    في خط هذا صدغك المرموز

    and by the perfection of a secret the hand of beauty placed

    in the cryptic script on this temple of yours,

  3. وفتور طرفك انه يسبي الورى

    أجفانه بحلاوة التلويز

    and by the languor of your gaze—indeed, all humankind is taken captive

    by its eyelids, with their sweet almond shape,

  4. ورضاب فيك فإنما هو قهوة

    تحلو لقلبي ساعة التمزيز

    and by your mouth’s nectar, for it is nothing but wine

    that tastes sweet to my heart at the moment of sipping—

  5. ما كنت إذ نفثت جفونك في الحشا

    لتشف عن عيني حروف حروزي

    I could not, when your eyelids breathed into my heart,

    have the letters of my amulets lift the veil from my eyes.