نُبّئتُ عَن ظبيٍ غريرٍ أغيدا

في حسنهِ الفتّانِ أضحى مُفردا

I was told of a charming gazelle

Whose beauty made him peerless and alone

مِن قومِ عيسى زيّه وقبيلهُ

مِن قومِ موسى كالقضيبِ تأوّدا

A Christian in garb and clan

A Jew like a wand crooked with flame

جَعَل التطبُّبَ حرفةً فخشيتُ من

مُتمارضٍ يَهواه أَن يتهوّدا

Who took up medicine as his trade so I feared

A malingerer whose love might turn to scorn

لا سيّما إِن كان شيخاً فاجراً

ثوبَ المدامةِ والفسوقِ قدِ اِرتدى

Especially if he be a lecherous elder

Clad in the raiment of riot and vice

وَيَرى اللِّواطَ شريعةً في دينهِ

وَإذا سَألتهُ قال ذاكَ تعبُّدا

Who sees sodomy as law in his faith

And if asked, claims that is worship