لَمّا طَلَعنَ مِن الرَقي

قِ عَلَيَّ بِالبَرَدانِ خَمسا

When they emerged from the hill,

They greeted me with five coffees,

وَكَأَنَّهُنَ أَهِلَّةٌ

تَحتَ الثيابِ رَفَقنَ شَمسا

As if they were relatives

Who gently warmed the sun under their clothes.

باكَرنَ عِطرَ لَطيمَةٍ

وَغَمَسنَ في الجادِيِّ غَمسا

They began with a delicate fragrance

And dipped into the flowing stream.

لَما طَلَعنَ حَفَفنَها

وَأَصَخنَ ما يَهمِسنَ هَمسا

When they emerged, they surrounded her

And whispered what they whispered in whispers.

فَسَأَلنَني مَن في البُيو

تِ فَقُلتُ ما يَأوينَ إِنسا

So they asked me who was in the houses,

And I said no one dwells there.

لَيتَ العُيونَ الطارِقا

تِ طُمِسنَ عَنّا اليَومَ طَمسا

If only prying eyes tonight

Would turn blind and not see us.

فَأَصَبنَ مِن طُرَفِ الحَدي

ثِ لَذاذَةً وَخَرَجنَ مُلسا

From the edge of talk they found

Sweetness, and they left smoothly.

لَولا تَعرُّضُهُنَّ لِي

يا قَسُّ كُنتُ كَأَنتَ قَسّا

If they had not approached me,

O priest, I would be as hard as you.