أَرخى لعارضِه العذارَ فما

أَبقى على وَرَعي ولانُسكِي

He let down his perfumed locks, and nothing

Remained of my devotion or my piety;

فكأنَّ نَملاً قد دَبَبنَ به

غُمِست أكارِعُهُنَّ في مِسكِ

As if ants had crept over it,

Whose claws were dipped in musk.