1. إنّي خلعتُ عِذارِي

    على مليح العِذارِ

    Indeed, I have cast off my bridle

    For one with lovely cheek-down.

  2. مهفهفٌ يَتثنّى

    كالشاطرِ العَيّارِ

    Slender-waisted, he sways

    Like a roguish trickster.

  3. جارَ العذارُ على وَر

    دِ خَدِّهِ بالجِوارِ

    His cheek-down has encroached upon the rose

    Of his cheek through its proximity.

  4. في وجهه للتحايا

    بدائعُ الأزهارِ

    Upon his face, as gifts of greeting,

    Are wondrous flowers:

  5. بِنَفسجٌ فارسيّ

    بادٍ على جُلنّارِ

    Persian violet,

    Showing against pomegranate blossom;

  6. ونَرجِسق كعيونِ النُّ

    دمانش والسُّمارِ

    And narcissus like the eyes of

    Drinking companions and night-talkers;

  7. وسِمطُ دُرّ نَظِيمٍ

    في سِلكِ شَهدٍ مُشارِ

    And a strand of ordered pearls

    On a thread of honey drawn from the comb;

  8. وفَقحةق هي أضوطا

    للفارسِ المغوارِ

    And an anus that is [unclear word]

    For the intrepid horseman;

  9. ووردةٌ تصفعُ الور

    دَ في دِماغِ البَهارِ

    And a rose that slaps the rose

    On the head of the yellow bahār flower.

  10. مصونةٌ لم يَشِنها

    ما قَد يَشينُ الجوارِي

    Kept inviolate, unmarred

    By what may mar slave-girls:

  11. الحَيضُ والبَيضُ والما

    ءُ سائلُ الشَّدقِ جارِ

    Menstruation, eggs, and water,

    Flowing and running from the corner of the mouth.

  12. فيها لهيبٌ ولا سيَ

    يما مع الأسحارِ

    Within it is a flame, especially

    In the hours before dawn;

  13. ويَزرِي على النارِ حَر

    راً فكيفَ بَيتُ النارِ

    And it puts fire to shame in heat—

    So what of the house of fire?