وميرائيّةٍ تمشي اختيالاً

من التكريهِ فاترةِ الكلام

And a coquette walking with a swagger,

Feigning reluctance, languid in speech,

لها زيّ الغلام ولم أقسها

إليهِ ولا كرامةَ للغلام

She wears the guise of a boy, yet I did not liken her

To him—for the boy merits no such honor.

أقولُ لها بخلتِ عليَّ يقظى

فجودي في المنام لمستهام

I said to her: "You were stingy with me while awake,

So be generous in sleep to one distraught with love."

فقالت لي وصرتَ تنام أيضاً

وتطمعُ أن أزوركَ في المنامِ

She said to me: "So you have come to sleep as well?

And you dare hope that I visit you in your dreams?"