وهواك يا سلمى وحرمة ما جرى

بيني وبينك من أكيد وداد

Your love, O Salma, and the sanctity of what transpired

Between you and I of certain affection

لا حُلتُ عن عهد الهوى ولو انني

حاولت ذاك لما أطاع فؤادي

I cannot be freed from the bond of passion, even if

I attempted that, my heart would not obey

وسرب ظباء في غدير تخالهم

بدوراً بأفق الماء تبدو وتغرب

And a flock of gazelles in a pond you'd think

Were houses on the water's horizon appearing and disappearing

يقول خليلي والغرام مصاحبي

أمالك عن هذي الصبابة مذهب

My friend says, while love accompanies me

"Do you have any respite from this youth?"

وفي دمك المطلول خاضوا كما ترى

فقلت له دعهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا

And in your shed blood they waded, as you see

So I said to him “Leave them be, to wade and play”

انظر الى عارضه فوقه

لحاظه ترسل منها الحتوف

Look at his cheek above it

His beard sends out spears

تعاين الجنة في خدِّه

لكنها تحت ظلال السيوف

You see paradise in his cheek

But it is under the shadows of swords