مَرِيضُ كَرِّ الطَّرْفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَرَضْ

مَرِيضُ كَرِّ الطَّرْفِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَرَضْ

كأَنَّما قَتْلي عَلَيْهِ مُفْتَرَضْ

كأَنَّما قَتْلي عَلَيْهِ مُفْتَرَضْ

Languid is his gaze as it turns and returns, though no illness ails him;

As though killing me were a duty imposed upon him.

تُقْعِدُهُ أَرْدافُهُ إِذا نَهَضْ

تُقْعِدُهُ أَرْدافُهُ إِذا نَهَضْ

كأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْها عِوَضْ

كأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْها عِوَضْ

His buttocks make him sit whenever he rises,

As though nothing else could take their place.