وا بأبي ذاك الغزال الذي

يجول في سر واعلان

By the one I swear, that gazelle who

Roams around both secretly and openly

مقر طق يبسم عن لؤلؤ

رصعه الحسن بمرجان

The place where his hoof beats smile with pearls

Adorned by beauty with coral

افديه من احور اجفانه

نامت لكي تسهر اجفاني

I would sacrifice him, with his doe-like eyelids

That slept so that my eyelids would stay awake

لما بدا لي جيده متلعا

قلت لمن قد ظل يلحاني

When his polished neck appeared before me

I said to the one who kept insisting to me

لافزت منه بجميع المنى

ان كان هذا عند رضوان

If this is what I would obtain from him

I would be satisfied with all my wishes

من اين للظبي كأجفانه

او مثل ذاك الخوط للبان

How could a gazelle have eyelids like those

Or milk teeth like that row of shining white

ما هو آلا برهان

وحجة اللوطي على الزاني

It is nothing but proof

And evidence for the devout against the sinner