ولمّا تفاوضنا الحديثَ عشيةً

ومالَتْ بعطْفَيْهِ المُدامةُ فاسْتَعفى

When we conversed one evening,

and the wine-cup passed gently between us,

وضعت له كفي فوسَّد نُغْنُغاً

تناهَتْ به مائيةُ الحُسْنِ واستكفى

I laid my palm beneath his head as a pillow,

till the beauty of his cheek outshone the cup and needed no more.

وكنت أراعيه بحظي تَسَرُّقاً

فملكتُ طَرْفي منه من بعد ما أغْفى

I watched him furtively, delighting in my luck,

and after he fell asleep held back my eyes from him.