أشهى إلى الملحيّ من قبلة
لذيذة في إثرهها عضه
More desirable to al-Milhi than a kiss—
Longing for salt more than a kiss
delicious, with a bite in its wake—
Sweet, though it leaves behind a sting
ومركب في ظهره خادم
بين يديه بدرة فضه
and a mount with a servant on its back,
A camel with a servant at its tail
before him a bag of silver,
Before them, a silver jug does swing
فيشلة كالنجم منصبّة
على عجان الشيخ منقضّه
is a glans descending like a star,
Its handle arches like a star
swooping onto the old man's perineum,
Upon the wrinkled palm of an old king
كأنها تفاحة ركبت
في رأس دستنبوية غضّه
as though it were an apple mounted
An apple perched atop the staff
atop a tender dastanbuya melon.
Of a young palm, still green and growing
Sol 6.1