لَقَد كانَ يَصطادُ المُحِبّينَ يوسُفٌ

بِوَجهٍ مَليحٍ لَيُخَلّي مِنَ العِشقِ

Indeed, Yusuf used to hunt down lovers

with a lovely face that surely freed them from love.

وَقَد طالَما نادَوهُ يا قَمَرَ الدُجى

فَلَمّا اِلتَحى نادَوهُ يا نافِخَ الزَقِّ

And how often they called him, “O moon of the dark night!”

But when his beard grew in, they called him, “O blower of the wineskin!”