سَلامٌ عَلَى البَيْتِ الذي لاَ نَزُورُه

مِنَ الخَوْفِ إِلاَّ بالعُيونِ اللَّوَامِحِ

Peace be upon the house we dare not visit

Save by glances furtive and features veiled,

وَلَوْلاَ حِذَارُ الكَاشِحينَ لَقَادَنِي

إليْهِ الهَوَى قَوْدَ الجَنِيبِ المُسامِحِ

Did fear of censors not forbid, desire

Had led me to its threshold, hot and wild.