أَيَقْتُلُني دائي وَأَنتَ طَبيبي

قَريبٌ وَهلْ منْ لا يُرى بقَريبِ

Does my malady kill me while you're my doctor?

A doctor who's near, though the near stays unseen.

لَئِنْ خُنْتَ عَهْدِي إنَّني غَيْرُ خَائنٍ

وَأَيُّ مُحبٍّ خَانَ عَهْدَ حَبِيبِ

If you break your vow, I'm no oath-breaker,

What lover ever betrayed his darling's trust?

وَسَاحِبَةٍ فَضْلَ الذُّيُولِ كأَنَّهَا

قَضِيبٌ مِنَ الرَّيْحانِ فَوْقَ كَثيبِ

A gale on the dune, she sways like a branch

of sweet basil above the high ground.

إِذَا ما بَدَتْ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا قَالَ صَاحِبي

أَطِعْني وَخُذْ مِنْ وَصلِهَا بِنَصيبِ

When her breasts showed from her shift, my friend said:

"Obey me. Take some when her gown gapes."

فَما كُلُّ ذي لُبٍّ بِمُؤْتِيكَ نُصْحَهُ

وَمَا كُلُّ مُؤْتٍ نُصْحَهُ بِلَبِيبِ

Not every bright one offers you wisdom;

not every giver of counsel is wise.