قالت أغدْر بنا في الحبّ قلت لها

لا نال غايةَ ما يرجوه مَنْ غَدَرَا

She said, "Be generous with us in love," I said to her,

"No one attains what he hopes for if he is deceitful."

قالت فلِمْ لَمْ تزرنا قلت زاركُم

قلبي ولم يدر بي جسمي ولا شعرا

She said, "Why have you not visited us?" I said, "My heart visited you,

But my body and my hair did not know about me."

قالت كذا يكتم العشّاقُ حبَّهم

فينعَمون ويَجْنون الهوى نَضِرا

She said, "That's how lovers conceal their love,

And so they enjoy themselves and passion makes them vigorous."

قلت اسمحي لي بتقبيلٍ أعيش به

قالت وأيُّ محبّ قبَّل القمرا

I said, "Permit me one kiss to live by."

She said, "What lover ever kissed the moon?"