هَيَّجَ الدَّاء في فُؤادِكَ حُورٌ

ناعِماتٌ بِجانِبِ الِملطَاطِ

Graceful houris stirred longing in your heart

Delicate beside cushions of silk

آنِسَاتُ الَحديثِ في غَيرِ فُحشٍ

رافِعاتٌ جَوانِبَ الفِسطاطِ

Pleasant companions of chaste conversation

Lifting the curtains of brocade tents

ثِانيَاتٌ قَطائِفَ الخَزِّ والدِّي

باَجِ فَوقَ الخُدُورِ والأَنماطِ

Doubled over in fits of giggling

Above carpets and embroideries

مُوقَراتٌ منَ اللُّحُوم وفيهَا

لُطُفٌ في البنَانِ والأَوساطِ

Modest in their attire yet in them is

Refinement in figure and waist

شَدَّ مَا ساءَنا حُداةٌ تَوَلَّوا

حِينَ حَثُّوا نِعالَها بِالسٍّياطِ

What saddened us most were insolent ones

When they clicked their shoes with their whips

فَرَّقَ اللهُ بَينَهُم مِن حُداةٍ

واستَفادُوا حُمَّى مَكانَ النَّشاطِ

So God divided them, those insolent ones

And they reaped the reward of restlessness

مِثلَ ما هَيَّجُوا فُؤادي فأَمسىَ

هائماً بَعدَ نِعمَةِ الإِغِتباطِ

Just as they had stirred my heart, so it was

Wandering after the bliss of intimacy