عَيناكَ عُقلَةُ كُلِّ سابِح

سَبَبُ الجَوى بَينَ الجَوانِح

Your eyes are the mind of every swimmer,

The cause of passion between the souls.

أَحبائِلٌ أَم مُقلَةٌ أَجوارِحٌ

هيَ أَم جَوارِح

Are they ropes or swaying bodies,

Or are they bodies swaying?

سَكَرت لَواحِظُها وَمَن

تَلقى بِها سَكران طافِح

Their glances intoxicate those

Who meet them overflowing with drunkenness.

يا كُلَّ ما تَهوى النُفوسُ

وَجُلَّ مقتَرح القَرائِح

O you whom souls desire

And the best of ideas occur to,

كَم في عِذارك إِذ بَدا

عُذرٌ إِلى اللآحين لائِح

How coy you are when you show

An excuse to the romancers.

هَل لا تَحرجَ عَن دَمي

يا مَن تورَّعَ أَن يُصافِح

Do you not shy from shedding my blood,

You who were too shy to shake hands?

وَتَرى سَلامَةَ ظاهِري

فَتَظُنَّ طَرفَك عيرَ جارِح

And you see the soundness of my exterior

And so think your glance causes no injury.