فإنْ جحَدَتْ أجفانهُ سفكَها دمي

فلي شاهدٌ من خدِّه غيرُ مُرقِش

If her eyelids deny shedding it, my blood,

I have a witness from her cheek unblemished.

ومال بعِطفَيّ الغرامُ وقد بدا

لعينيّ حتى ظنّ أنّيَ مُنتشي

And desire leaned towards my arm when

My eyes fancied I was intoxicated,

بريّان ما يحويه عقْدُ إزارِه

وغَرْثان مِقلاق الوشاح معطّشِ

With the coolness contained in the knot of his loincloth

And the moisture of the scarf's end thirsty.

ولما تلاقينا بقلبي وطرْفِه

على حذَرٍ ممّن ينِمُّ ومن يشي

And when we met with my heart and his glance

Cautious of he who sleeps and he who walks.

ضعُفتُ وأعطاه الهوى فضلَ قوّةٍ

فأوثقني أسراً ومن يقْوَ يبطِشِ

I weakened and desire gave him superiority,

So he tied me in bondage, who can struggle?

ومن يتحرّشْ بالرّدى وهْوَ وادعٌ

قريرُ الرّزايا يلْقَ غِبّ التحرُّشِ

And he who toys with rejection yet is compliant,

The delicate, encounters harsh refusal.