أن كنتَ تجرحني باللّحظِ والمقلِ

فسوفَ أجرحُ في خديك بالُقبَل

If you hurt me with a glance and wink

Then I will hurt your cheek with a kiss

أو كان خمرُهم ماءٌ به عَسَلٌ

فخَمْرُ ريقك فوق الماءِ والعَسلِ

Or if their wine was water mixed with honey

Then the wine of your saliva is above water and honey

قالوا فسدتَ بساجي اللحظ قلت لهم

أن الفسادَ بساجي اللحظ أصْلَحُ لي

They said you are corrupted by my flirting glance, I said to them

Corruption by my flirting glance makes me better

يا حسنُهُ كقضيبِ البانِ معتدلاً

يهتز فوقَ نقارملٍ مِنْ الكفَل

Oh his beauty like an evenly balanced rod

That sways over soft cheeks of a gazelle

مقوّسٌ حاجبيه لاَفتاً عُنقاً

عني فواتعبي من ذلك العمل

Arched are his eyebrows, alluring his neck

My eyes are dazzled by such a vision

لمْ أنْسَ ليلة ما جاذبتُ مِئْزرَه

وقد تورّدَ خَدّاه من الخجل

I have not forgotten the night I pulled his apron

And his cheeks turned red from shyness

عاتبته فبكى لاطفتُه فشكى

وقال مِن قَبِل الواشين لا قبلي

I blamed him so he cried, I consoled him so he complained

And he said "it's not my fault, blame the slanderers"