رَأَتْ شَغَفِي عِنْدَ ارْتِشَافِ رِضَابِهَا

رَأَتْ شَغَفِي عِنْدَ ارْتِشَافِ رِضَابِهَا

وَتَقْبِيلها الشَّافي لِمَا في الأَضالعِ

وَتَقْبِيلها الشَّافي لِمَا في الأَضالعِ

She saw my passion as I sipped her saliva

She saw my passion when sipping her wine

and kissed her—a cure for what lay within my ribs.

And her healing kiss for what's in my ribs

فَقالَتْ تُرى ماذا الَّذي كُنْتَ قانِعاً

فَقالَتْ تُرى ماذا الَّذي كُنْتَ قانِعاً

بِهِ مِنْ هَوانَا قلْتُ مقلوبَ قانعِ

بِهِ مِنْ هَوانَا قلْتُ مقلوبَ قانعِ

So she said, “I wonder, what were you content

So she said, I wonder, what was it that sufficed you

with in our love?” I said, “Qāniʿ (‘content’) reversed: ʿināq (‘an embrace’).”

Of our love? I said, the joy of love sufficed