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I flirted with a gazelle

وغزالة غازلتها

1. I flirted with a gazelle
Among the progeny of Ham

١. وغَزالَةٍ غازَلْتُها
في المَقْسِ من أولادِ حامِ

2. She looked at me with the eyes of a deer
While I looked at her with fiery eyes

٢. نظرَتْ بعَيْنَيْ ظَبيَةٍ
ونظْرتُ مِن عَيْنَي قَطامِ

3. She smiled as if she were
A lightning that flashed in the clouds

٣. وتبسَّمَتْ وكأنَّها
بَرْقٌ تألَّقَ في غَمامِ

4. Then she swayed like an ostrich
And I followed her like a male ostrich

٤. ثمَّ انثَنَتْ مِثلَ المَها
وتبِعْتُها رَتْكَ النَّعامِ

5. Until we entered her house
And I committed a sin

٥. حتى دخَلْنا بيتَها
فحَصلْتُ في البَيتِ الحَرامِ

6. I began to open her lips
When I knelt before her with my kisses

٦. فجعَلْتُ أفتحُ ميمَها
لّما جثَوْتُ لَها بلامي

7. It was as if I was then
Shedding light in the darkness

٧. وكأنَّني إذا ذاكَ أو
لَجْتُ الضِّياءَ على الظَّلامِ

8. Two opposites whom only
Forbidden love could unite

٨. ضِدّانِ لم يجمَعْهُما
إلاّ المحبَّةُ للحَرامِ

9. She was an affliction upon me
Having joined a raven with a dove

٩. كانَتْ لَمري عاهةً
جمعَتْ غُراباً مع حَمامِ