وغَزالَةٍ غازَلْتُها

في المَقْسِ من أولادِ حامِ

I flirted with a gazelle

Among the progeny of Ham

نظرَتْ بعَيْنَيْ ظَبيَةٍ

ونظْرتُ مِن عَيْنَي قَطامِ

She looked at me with the eyes of a deer

While I looked at her with fiery eyes

وتبسَّمَتْ وكأنَّها

بَرْقٌ تألَّقَ في غَمامِ

She smiled as if she were

A lightning that flashed in the clouds

ثمَّ انثَنَتْ مِثلَ المَها

وتبِعْتُها رَتْكَ النَّعامِ

Then she swayed like an ostrich

And I followed her like a male ostrich

حتى دخَلْنا بيتَها

فحَصلْتُ في البَيتِ الحَرامِ

Until we entered her house

And I committed a sin

فجعَلْتُ أفتحُ ميمَها

لّما جثَوْتُ لَها بلامي

I began to open her lips

When I knelt before her with my kisses

وكأنَّني إذا ذاكَ أو

لَجْتُ الضِّياءَ على الظَّلامِ

It was as if I was then

Shedding light in the darkness

ضِدّانِ لم يجمَعْهُما

إلاّ المحبَّةُ للحَرامِ

Two opposites whom only

Forbidden love could unite

كانَتْ لَمري عاهةً

جمعَتْ غُراباً مع حَمامِ

She was an affliction upon me

Having joined a raven with a dove