عَجِبتُ لِلمَرءِ إِذ يَسقي حَليلَتَهُ

سُلافَةً وَهوَ مِنها تائِبٌ صاحِ

I'm amazed at a man who quenches his lover's thirst

With sweet wine though he has repented from her

كَأَنَّها إِذ تَحَسَّت ثُمَّ أَربَعَةً

أَو خَمسَةً شَرِدَت عَنهُ بِصَحصاحِ

As if when she counted four or five cups

She strayed from him with clamor

كانَت ضَعيفَةَ عَقلٍ فَاِستَزادَ لَها

في ضَعفِهِ ضِدَّ عُذّالٍ وَنُصّاحِ

She was weak of mind so he brought more for her

In his weakness, against a blamer and advisor

وَكانَ في لَفظِها عَيٌّ فَأَيَّدَهُ

فَلَم تُخَبِّرهُ عَن شَيٍّ بِإِفصاحِ

There was fault in her utterance, so he supported it

She did not tell him of a thing with eloquence