وغزالً غزا فؤادي بسهمٍ

وسنانٍ من لحظه الوسنان

A gazelle hunted my heart with an arrow,

And teeth like pearls from his charming smile.

كلما افتر ثغره يتجلى

تحت ذاك المرجان عقد جمانِ

Whenever his lips part, there appears

A string of pearls under coral so fine.

كم سقاني من ريقه كأس خمرٍ

فرشفت السلافَ من أقحوانِ

How many a cup of wine his saliva gave me to drink!

I sipped it from his juicy red lips.

وضممت القوام في حال لثمي

فجنيت التفاح من غصن بان

I gathered in the slender waisted one to kiss him,

And plucked apples from the bending bough.