1. A gazelle hunted my heart with an arrow,
And teeth like pearls from his charming smile.
١. وغزالً غزا فؤادي بسهمٍ
وسنانٍ من لحظه الوسنان
2. Whenever his lips part, there appears
A string of pearls under coral so fine.
٢. كلما افتر ثغره يتجلى
تحت ذاك المرجان عقد جمانِ
3. How many a cup of wine his saliva gave me to drink!
I sipped it from his juicy red lips.
٣. كم سقاني من ريقه كأس خمرٍ
فرشفت السلافَ من أقحوانِ
4. I gathered in the slender waisted one to kiss him,
And plucked apples from the bending bough.
٤. وضممت القوام في حال لثمي
فجنيت التفاح من غصن بان