1. أُعَبِّسُ حينَ ألقاهُ

    كأني لستُ أهواهُ

    I frown when I meet him,

    as though I do not love him,

  2. محاذرةً من الواشي

    ووسْطَ القلبِ مأواهُ

    for fear of the talebearer,

    yet his dwelling is at the heart’s center.

  3. وقالوا صفْ لنا شهداً

    وخمراً خامراً فاهُ

    And they said, “Describe for us the honey

    and wine mingling in his mouth.”

  4. سلوا مَنْ ذاقَهُ يوماً

    فلستُ بعالمٍ ما هو

    Ask whoever has tasted it once,

    for I do not know what it is.