هل عندَ من أحببتَ تَنويلُ

أم لا فإنّ اللَّوْمَ تَضليلُ

Is there someone you loved that you intend

To blame, though blaming is misleading?

أم في الحشى منك جوىً باطنٌ

ليس تُداويهِ الأباطيلُ

Or is there a secret in your heart

That idle talk cannot heal?

عُلِّقتَ يا مغرورُ خدّاعةً

بالوعدِ منها لكَ تَخييلٌُ

You were deluded, o deceived one,

By a promise from her that deceived you.

ريَّا رداحَ النًّوْمِ خُمصانةً

كأنّها أدماءُ عُطبولُ

Slow to wake, drowsy,

As if she were a drumming damsel.

يَشفيكَ منها حينَ تَخلو بها

ضَمٌّ إلى النَّحرِ وتَقبيلُ

When alone with her, what cures you

Is pressing to the throat and kissing.

وذوقُ رِيقٍ طيّبٍ طعمُه

كأنّه بالمِسكِ مَعْلولُ

And tasting a scent sweet of flavor

As if blended with musk.

في نسوةٍ مثلِ المَها خُرَّدٍ

تَضيقُ عنهنَّ الخَلاخِيلُ

Of women like the bent maha reeds

Too narrow for them are the anklets.