ومعلم الخد ما زالت نواظره

تعلم السقم من جسمي وتستبق

The teacher of pain, his eyes still

Teach sickness to my body and outpace it

ليت العواذل في حبي له وجدوا

وجدي به وكما لاقيت فيه لقوا

If only lovers found passion for him in my love

And felt for him as I have felt and encountered

قبلته ولنا من ليل طرته سترٌ

فنم بنا من وجهه فلق

I kissed him though the night concealed us

And let us sleep, veiling his face

والله لولا ارتشافي ماء ريقه

لكنت بالنار من خديه أحترق

By God, if not for sipping his saliva

I'd have burned from his cheeks with fire