نَطَقَت مَناطِقُ خَصرِهِ بِصِفاتِهِ

نَطَقَت مَناطِقُ خَصرِهِ بِصِفاتِهِ

وَاِهتَزَّ غُصنُ البانِ مِن حَرَكاتِه

وَاِهتَزَّ غُصنُ البانِ مِن حَرَكاتِه

The girdles at his waist proclaimed his charms,

and the bān-tree’s bough swayed with his every motion.

وَدُهيتُ مِن خَطِّ العِذارِ بِخَدِّهِ

وَدُهيتُ مِن خَطِّ العِذارِ بِخَدِّهِ

في صَدِّهِ وَالمَوتُ في لَحَظاتِه

في صَدِّهِ وَالمَوتُ في لَحَظاتِه

I was undone by the line of down upon his cheek,

amid his cold rebuff—with death in his glances.

وَكَأَنَّ وَجنَتَهُ تُفَتِّحُ وَردَةً

وَكَأَنَّ وَجنَتَهُ تُفَتِّحُ وَردَةً

خَجَلاً إِذا طالَبتَهُ بِعِداتِه

خَجَلاً إِذا طالَبتَهُ بِعِداتِه

His cheek seemed a rose unfolding,

blushing whenever you pressed him to fulfill his promises.

وَحَياةِ عاذِلَتي لَقَد صارَمتُهُ

وَحَياةِ عاذِلَتي لَقَد صارَمتُهُ

وَكَذَبتُ بَل واصَلتُهُ وَحَياتِه

وَكَذَبتُ بَل واصَلتُهُ وَحَياتِه

By my reproacher’s life, I swear I broke with him—

I lied! No, I remained joined to him—by his life.