عجبت له إذ زار في النوم مضجعي

وقد كان عني قبلها متجنبا

I was amazed when he visited my bed in a dream

Though before that he had been avoiding me

وأعجبني منه الوفا لي بطيفه

ولو زارني مستيقظا كان أعجبا

And I was astonished by his loyalty to me through his apparition

And it would have been more amazing had he visited me while awake

وما زارني في النوم إلا خياله

وكنت له في نومتي متسببا

He only visited me in my dream through his imagination

And I was the reason for his appearance in my sleep

ولما بدا كالغصن يهتز مثمرا

فقلت له أهلا وسهلا ومرحبا

When he appeared like a fruitful swaying branch

I said to him “Welcome, greetings and hello”

بنفسي وأهلي من أرى كل ليلة

على له فضلا عظيما محببا

To myself and my family whom I see every night

He has done them a great endearing favor

لقد علني من كأس خمرة ريقه

ضجيعي ورياه من المسك أطيبا

He has made me drink from the cup of his saliva

My bed and seen his breath sweeter than musk