1. No scorpion for the dew that came visiting,
The embers of passion and the dew did not burn.
١. ما عَقرَبٌ لِلنَدِّ وارِدَةٌ
جَمرَ الهَوى وَالنَدُّ ما اِحتَرَقا
2. If you had come close to her kissing,
You would have smelled the dew as it exhaled fragrance.
٢. لَو كُنتَ تَدنو مِن مُقَبَّلِها
لَشَمَمتَ ذاكَ النَدَّ إِذ عَبِقا
3. No serpent in the cheek, O my tranquility,
Tranquilized and lurked behind it is venom.
٣. ما حَيَّةٌ في الخَدِّ يا سَكَني
سَكَنَت وَأَغرَت خَلفَها نَزَقا
4. Your cheek did not become ill when it was not bitten
Except that you healed it with spells.
٤. لَم تَرقَ خَدَّكَ وَهيَ ما لَدَغَت
إِلّا وَقَد أَلجَمتَها بِرُقى
5. And its reward from a spell of pure water
Is a kiss that passion composes as pure water.
٥. وَجَزاؤُها مِن رُقيَةٍ نَسَقٍ
قُبَلٌ يُؤلِّفُها الهَوى نَسَقا