تَعَلَّقتُهُ نَشوانَ مِن خَمرِ ريقِهِ

لَهُ رَشفُها دوني وَلي دونَهُ السُكرُ

I am infatuated with his intoxicating wine-like saliva,

He alone can taste it while I alone get drunk.

تُرَقرِقُ ماءً مُقلَتايَ وَوَجهِهِ

وَيُذكي عَلى قَلبي وَوَجنَتِهِ الجَمرُ

It makes my eyes water and his face glisten,

And it sets my heart and his cheeks aflame.

أَرَقَّ نَسيبي فيهِ رِقَّةُ حُسنِهِ

فَلَم أَدرِ أَيُّ مِنهُما قَبلَها السِحرُ

My companion became emaciated from his beauty’s tenderness,

I could not tell which of them had been bewitched first.

وَطِبنا مَعاً شِعراً وَثَغراً كَأَنَّما

لَهُ مَنطقي ثَغرٌ وَلي ثَغرُهُ شِعرُ

We were both excellent in poetry and lips, as if

My lips were his poetry and his lips were my poem.