شربنا وجفن الليل يغسل كحله

بماء صباح والنسيم رفيق

We drank as the night's kohl was washed away

By the water of dawn, and the breeze kept us company

معتقةً كالتبر إما بخارها

فضخم وأما جسمها فدقيق

Her waist was slender like camphor vapor

Yet her body soft and delicate