يقول محبوبي لغصن النقا

يقول محبوبي لغصن النقا

والروض من نشر الصبا عاطرُ

والروض من نشر الصبا عاطرُ

My beloved says to the bough on the sand dune,

My beloved said to the bending branch of Nqa:

while the garden is fragrant with the east wind’s scent:

Though the garden is fragrant from the morning breeze,

لا تدعي أنك إذ تنثني

لا تدعي أنك إذ تنثني

مثلي فهذا غلطٌ ظاهرُ

مثلي فهذا غلطٌ ظاهرُ

“Do not claim that, when you bend,

Do not claim that when you bend

you are like me—for this is an obvious mistake.”

You are like me, for that is a clear mistake.