نحب كلَّ غلام فيه مَيْعتُه

ينزو إذا ما استَنكناه بأَيرَيْنِ

We love every lad endowed with rectitude,

Who yields when we draw him close with our arms,

مُصحّح الجسم لم يُلمِم به سقمٌ

ولا استكان لهجرانٍ ولا بَيْنِ

Of wholesome build, whom no disease has marred,

Unbroken by rejection or by severance.

ذاك الذي يُخلصُ الود الصحيح له

ونشتري نيكةً منه بألفين

Such is he who devotes to us sincere affection,

And from whom we'd buy kindness for two thousand.

له بنا خلواتٌ يا للذتها

تشفي القلوب وتجلوها من الرَّين

For him we have privacies—oh, their delight!

Which heal the heart and clear it of distress.