واهاً لذاكَ الخِشْفِ منْ خِشْف

أُلْبِسَ تاجَ الحُسْنِ والظَّرْفِ

Alas for that cheek with such grace,

Adorned with beauty's crown and worth.

ضو مقلةٍ هاروتُ في طَرْفِها

أَمْلَكُ بالطَّرْفِ من الطرف

A gazelle's dark eye that in its corner,

Rules more than any other part.

حين استتمَّ العَشْر أو جازها

قريبَ عُهْدِ الأذْنِ بالشِّنْف

When ten years passed or went beyond,

Still young to the ear that heard.

ما زال مثلَ المهرِ مُسْتَصْعَباً

يُراضُ بالرِّفْقِ وبالعنف

Like an untamed colt he stayed,

Pleased by gentleness or force.

حتى إذا الدهرُ ثنَى عِطْفَهُ

وكان عنِّي مائلَ العطف

Until time bent its shoulder,

And was partial towards me.

سامح منْ قُدَّامِهِ بالذي

ضَنَّ به المغرورُ مِنْ خَلْف

I forgave what was behind,

Though the arrogant envied it.

قفزتُ بالوجِهِ وَعُوِّضْتُ من

فَخْذَيْهِ ما نابَ عن الردف

I leapt up and was compensated,

For what was lacking in his thighs.

أَفْنَيْتُهُ عضّاً ورشفاً وقد

فنيتُ بينَ العضِّ والرشف

I enjoyed him, biting and sipping,

And I was enjoyed between bites and sips.

لقد شَفَى إِبليسُ منه وما

زال إذا استشفيتَهُ يَشْفِي

Iblis was healed by him, and if

You seek healing, he will heal.