وساقٍ كمثل الغزال الربيب

بصيرِ اللِّحاظ بصيدِ القلوبِ

With legs like a graceful gazelle

Whose glances hunt hearts

جريتُ عليه فَقَبَّلتُهُ

مجاهرةً في جفون الرقيب

I rushed to him and kissed him

Defiantly before the watcher’s eyes

فلما توسَّد كفَّ الكرى

وأهداه لي سُكرُهُ من قريب

But when he pillowed his cheek in his palm

And his sweet drunkenness drew him near

تَعَجَّلتُ ذنبا بفتكي به

ولكنَّهُ من مليح الذنوبِ

I was quick to sin, undoing him

Though it was a lovely sin