وقَضيبٍ يميسُ فوقَ كثيبٍ

طَيِّبِ المُجْتنى لذيذِ العناقِ

With a smooth stick above a dune

Of sweet slope, delightful embrace,

قد تَغنَّى كما اسْتَهلَّ يُغني

ساقُ حرٍّ مُغرِّدٍ فوقَ ساقِ

It sang just as it had begun singing

The leg of a free bird above a leg.

يَنشُرُ الدُّرَّ في المَسامعِ نَشْراً

بينَ دُرٍّ مُنظَّمٍ مُسْتاقِ

It spreads pearls in the ears spreading

Among organized pearls, desirous,

وافْتَضَضْنا منَ العَواتقِ بكراً

نُكحتْ أمُّها بغَيرِ صَداقِ

And we stole from the virgins a virgin

Whose mother was married without dowry

ثمَّ بَانَت ولم تُطلَّقْ ثلاثاً

لم تَبِنْ حُرَّةٌ بغَيرِ طَلاقِ

Then she appeared and was not divorced thrice

No free woman appears without divorce

دينُنا في السَّماعِ دينٌ مَدِيني

يٍ وفي شُربِنا الشَّرابَ عِراقي

Our religion in listening is urban

And in our drinking is Iraqi wine