طربتُ إلى الفسوقِ مع المُدام

وأفردتُ العواذلَ بالملامِ

I thrilled to debauchery alongside wine,

And left the critics alone with their blame.

فليس محدّثي إلا نديمٌ

ورحل مطيّتي حقوا غلام

None speaks to me but a drinking companion,

And the saddle of my mount is the hips of a lad.

ومعتدل الروادف ذي انخناثٍ

بمحجرِ عينهِ بُدَعُ السقام

With shapely buttocks, possessed of effeminacy,

In the sockets of his eyes are the marvels of languor.

يصدّ بوجههِ تيهاً إذا ما

رأى كلَفي ويبخلُ بالسلامِ

He turns his face away in haughtiness whenever

He sees my obsession, withholding even a greeting.

ظفرتُ بهِ وقد علِقَتهُ كفّي

على دهشٍ مقالة مستهام

I captured him, my hand having seized him,

Saying, in amazement, the words of a desperate lover:

دعوتُكَ طائعاً فصددتَ عني

فصرتَ معي على دال ولام

"I summoned you willingly, but you turned away from me,

So now you are with me, brought to humiliation."

فقال تيقّظاً منه وغمّا

فدونكَ مرّةً في كل عام

He spoke, rousing himself amidst his distress:

"Then take it—but only once every year."