يا حُسنَ تمرٍ جالَ في

ماءِ نَعيمٍ واِرتَوى

How lovely—a date that roamed through

the water of bliss and drank its fill!

فَاعجَب لَهُ قد بانَ عَنـ

ـهُ إِلفُهُ بِلا نَوى

Marvel at it: something has parted from it,

though it is its intimate—without pit or parting.