إن هي تاهتْ فمثلها تاها

لم يجر خلقٌ في الحسن مجراها

If she gets lost, who can match her being lost?

No creature was created with her beauty and grace.

للغصن أعطافها وقامتها

وللرشا جيدُها وعيناها

Her branches and stature for the twig,

Her smooth neck and eyes for the fawn.

فُضِّضَ بالياسمين عارضُها

ذُهِّبَ بالجلّنار خداها

Her cheeks were tinged with jasmine,

Her cheeks made golden by carnation.

تلك الثنايا من عقدها نُظمت

أم نُظِمَ العقد من ثناياها

Were those undulations from her necklace composed,

Or was the necklace composed from her undulations?

وغارتِ القُمْصُ حين أسفلها

يمسُّ ما لا يمسُّ أعلاها

And the shirt gaped when her lower part

Touched what her top did not touch.

جاعلةٌ ريقَها مدامتنا

إذا سقتنا وكأسنا فاها

Making her saliva our wine

When she gave us to drink and her cup was empty.

لئن كفاني التفاحَ وجنتها

لقد كفاني الرمانَ ثدياها

If an apple and its orchard were enough for me,

A pomegranate and its fruits were enough for me.

تملكني بالهوى وأملكها

فها أنا عبدها ومولاها

She possesses me with love and I possess her,

So here I am, her slave and her master.