لثمت الظبيَ من غيرِ اختيارِهْ

فمرَّ وليس يُمْلَكُ من نِفَارِهْ

I kissed the gazelle without her consent

So she fled, and could not be restrained from bolting

أبا الفَرَجِ اجتنيتُ ثمارَ حُسْنٍ

يسوءنيَ اجتناؤك من ثماره

Abu al-Faraj, I plucked the fruits of beauty

You resent my plucking of its fruits

نعم من حُسْنِ فيكَ لثمتُ خدّاً

يُصلِّي الجلّنارُ لجلَّنارِه

Indeed, from your beauty I kissed a cheek

For which monks would pray to their crucifix

لئنْ ولَّى وقد لبسَ ازوراراً

فليس يُلامُ في لبسِ ازورارِه

If she turned away, wearing a blue dress

She cannot be blamed for wearing her blue dress