ومضمومةٍ في الخيزرانِ كأنّها

على يده من شعرهِ الفاحمِ الجعدِ

And clasped in the poplar as if she were

On his hand, some of his dark curly hair,

تنيفُ عليهِ قدَّها فكأنّها

قضيبٌ تعالى عن قضيبِ على بُعدِ

She rubs her neck against it, as though it were

A rod, far from the rod of the distant one.

وقد خُنِقَت بالتَّبرِ حتّى كأنّما

تهمُّ بأن تشكو لهُ ضائق العَقدِ

And she is choked by abstinence, as if she meant

To complain to it of the tightness of the knot.