جادَ الزَّمانُ وكانَ ذا بُخلٍ بها

وأَطاعَني فيها وقدماً ما عصى

Time passed by stingily withholding her from me

And I obeyed her during it, though my feet once disobeyed

حتّى تصالحنا ومازجَ ريقَها

رِيقي ونازعنْا هوىً مُستْخلَصا

Until we were reconciled, and her saliva was mixed

With my saliva, as we struggled with a most refined passion

واللثمُ أنشأ بالتقاءِ شفاهنا

صوتاً كما دَحرجتَ في الماءِ الحَصى

And the kissing produced, from our lips meeting

A sound, like pebbles you cascaded in water