إلا ربما زار الملاح وربما

إلا ربما زار الملاح وربما

رشفت من الثغر الرضاب المحببا

رشفت من الثغر الرضاب المحببا

Except that sometimes the beauties visited, and sometimes

Perhaps the sailor visited, and perhaps

I sipped the delightful saliva from her mouth.

I sipped from the lips the beloved drink

ولما ضممت الخصر من بان قدّها

ولما ضممت الخصر من بان قدّها

لمست بكفيّ البنان المخضبا

لمست بكفيّ البنان المخضبا

And when I clasped the waist of her bān-tree figure,

And when she gathered her waist, revealing her bosom

I touched her henna-dyed fingertips with my two palms.

I touched with my palms the rouged apples

وقبلت رمان النهود وربما

وقبلت رمان النهود وربما

اضرس مرجان الشفاه المصهبّا

اضرس مرجان الشفاه المصهبّا

And I kissed the pomegranates of her breasts, and sometimes

And kissed the pomegranates of her breasts, and perhaps

I bite the reddish coral of her lips.

I bit the coral of her reddened lips

وكم بالهوى لما خلعنا عذارنا

وكم بالهوى لما خلعنا عذارنا

اعضض تفاح الخود المكتبا

اعضض تفاح الخود المكتبا

And how often in passion, when we cast off our bridle,

And how often in passion when we shed our veils

I bite the maiden’s inscribed apples.

I nibbled on the apples of her cheek