1. قبلت وجنته فألفت جيده

    خجلاً ومال بعطفه المياس

    I kissed his cheek; he turned his neck away

    In shyness, and inclined his graceful, swaying form.

  2. فانهل من خديه فوق عذاره

    عرق يحاكي الطل فوق الآس

    Then from his cheeks, over his downy beard, streamed

    Sweat resembling dew upon the myrtle.

  3. فكأنني استقطرت ورد خدوده

    بتصاعد الزفرات من أنفاسي

    It was as though I had distilled the roses of his cheeks

    With the sighs rising from my breath.