1. ريقُ الحبيبِ كريقِ المُزْنِ والعِنَبِ

    أَذَاقَني ثمراتِ اللَّهْوِ والطَّرَبِ

    The beloved’s saliva is like the moisture of rainclouds and grapes.

    It made me taste the fruits of pleasure and rapture.

  2. وقد سَبَتْ منِّيَ الأيَّامُ صفوتَها

    فكيفَ أَهربُ منها وهيَ في طَلَبي

    And the days have already robbed me of their best.

    So how can I flee them when they are pursuing me?