1. سَألتُ مِنَ المليحةِ برءَ دائي

    بِرشفِ برودِها العذبِ المزاجِ

    I asked the beauty for a cure for my ailment,

    Through a sip of her cool, sweet-tasting saliva.

  2. فَما زالَت تقبّل في جُفوني

    وَتُبهرُني بِأنواع الحجاجِ

    So she kept kissing my eyelids

    And overwhelming me with arguments of every kind.

  3. وَقالَت إنّ طرفكَ كانَ أصلاً

    لِدائكِ فليقدّم في العلاجِ

    And she said, “Your eye was the source

    Of your ailment, so let it be treated first.”