قالوا وقد مادت كغصن النقا

أسرفت في العشق بلا فائده

They said, as she swayed like a supple branch,

"You have squandered yourself in fruitless love."

فقلت منهوم الهوى لم يكن

يشبع إن لذت له المائده

I replied, "One possessed by passion's thirst

Is never sated, though the feast be spread."