قال زنارُ خصرِهِ

قال زنارُ خصرِهِ

كمْ كذا ترجعُ البصرْ

كمْ كذا ترجعُ البصرْ

The girdle around his waist said,

His belt said,

“How often do you turn your gaze back like this?”

How much longer will your gaze return thus?

قلتُ لا تنفردْ بهِ

قلتُ لا تنفردْ بهِ

لكَ شدٌّ ولي نظرْ

لكَ شدٌّ ولي نظرْ

I said, “Do not have him all to yourself:

I said, Do not keep it to yourself.

yours is the clasping, and mine the gazing.”

You have a pull, and I have a look.