وهضيم الحشا يجولُ وشاحا

وهضيم الحشا يجولُ وشاحا

ه وَيُشجي الردفين منه الإزار

ه وَيُشجي الردفين منه الإزار

A slender-waisted one, whose twin sashes sway,

And a slender-waisted one, whose two sashes sway,

while the waist-wrap keeps his twin haunches away from him.

while his waistcloth pains his buttocks.

يغره لؤلؤٌ وريقته خم

يغره لؤلؤٌ وريقته خم

رٌ شمولٌ وخدُّهُ جُلّنار

رٌ شمولٌ وخدُّهُ جُلّنار

His mouth is pearl, and his saliva is

Pearls beguile him; his saliva is wine—

a pervasive wine; his cheek, pomegranate blossom.

heady wine—and his cheek is pomegranate blossom.

هو كالبدر بل إِنَّ نورَ ال

هو كالبدر بل إِنَّ نورَ ال

بدرِ من نور وجهه يستعارْ

بدرِ من نور وجهه يستعارْ

He is like the full moon—no, indeed, the light of the

He is like the full moon—nay, the very light of the

full moon is borrowed from the light of his face.

full moon is borrowed from the light of his face.

صَرَعَتْني عقارُ عينيهِ سُكْراً

صَرَعَتْني عقارُ عينيهِ سُكْراً

قبلَ تسطو براحتيه العقارُ

قبلَ تسطو براحتيه العقارُ

The wine of his eyes struck me down drunk

The wine of his eyes felled me in drunkenness,

before the wine could assail me from his two palms.

before the wine in his palms could overpower me.