1. عانقتُه حتَّى ظننتُ بأَنَّني

    في مَضْجَعِي فرداً بِغَيْرِ ضجيعي

    I embraced him until I thought that I

    lay alone in my bed, without my bedfellow.

  2. ولقد ظننتُ بأَنَّ مِنْ ضَمِّي له

    كان انحناءُ ضُلوعِهِ وضُلُوعِي

    Indeed, I thought that from my clasping him

    came the curve of his ribs and of mine.