1. يا شاعرا أفتى لصب ناحل

    أضناه برق من ثنايا تبسم

    O poet who gave a ruling for an emaciated lover,

    whom a gleam from a smile’s front teeth wore down,

  2. وشفاه من تلك الثنايا قبلة

    ايحل في شرع الهوى ام يحرم

    and whom a kiss from those teeth healed—

    is it lawful under love’s law, or forbidden?