وذي دلال شجاني خاله وسبا

وذي دلال شجاني خاله وسبا

قلبي بقدٍّ لخوط البان معتدل

قلبي بقدٍّ لخوط البان معتدل

And a coy one—his beauty mark stirred my longing, and he captured

With a heart full of longing for the one I love

My heart with a figure as straight as a bān-tree bough.

My heart aligned with the slender palm tree

صممته بظلامٍ مثل طرته

صممته بظلامٍ مثل طرته

فاشرقت وجنتاه موضع القبل

فاشرقت وجنتاه موضع القبل

I embraced him in darkness like his forelock;

I veiled it in darkness like its shade

Then his cheeks shone where the kisses fell.

Then its cheeks shone where kisses once fell