1. أَقولُ لِشادِنٍ في الحُسنِ فَردٍ

    يَصيدُ بِلَحظِهِ قَلبَ الكَميّ

    I say to a fawn peerless in beauty,

    who hunts the armored warrior’s heart with his glance:

  2. مَلَكتَ الحُسنَ أَجمَع في قَوامٍ

    فأَدِّ زَكاةَ مَنظَرِكَ البَهيّ

    “You possess all beauty in your figure;

    so pay the alms-tax on your radiant appearance.

  3. وَذَلِكَ أَن تَجودَ لِمُستَهامٍ

    بِريقٍ مِن مُقبّلِكَ الشَهيّ

    And that means being generous to one crazed with love

    with saliva from your luscious lips.”

  4. فَقالَ أَبو حَنيفَة لي إِمامٌ

    فَعِندي لا زَكاةَ عَلى الصَبيّ

    Then he said, “Abu Hanifa is my imam;

    so, in my view, no alms-tax is due from a boy.”