1. They said, as she swayed like a supple branch,
"You have squandered yourself in fruitless love."
١. قالوا وقد مادت كغصن النقا
أسرفت في العشق بلا فائده
2. I replied, "One possessed by passion's thirst
Is never sated, though the feast be spread."
٢. فقلت منهوم الهوى لم يكن
يشبع إن لذت له المائده