وبِيضٍ كالظّباءِ مُنَعَّماتٍ

يَصِدنَكَ جَهرَةً غَيرَ اغتِرَارِ

With skins like white antelope, so sleek,

alluring you without deceit.

إِذا حاوَلنَنى فَاَصَدنَ قَلبِى

جَعَلتُ الوُدَّ مِنهُنَّ انتِصارِى

When they try to win my heart over,

I make winning them my feat.

وَصَرَّفتُ الحَدِيثَ لَهُنَّ حَتَّى

اُصافِىَ وُدَّهُنَّ عَلَى اقتِدَارِ

I turn the conversation artfully

until I gain their gentle love discreet.

فَإِن تَكُنِ الحَوادِيثُ وَقَّرَتنِى

وَعَدَّى الشَّيبُ عَن طَلبِ الجَوارِى

If talk makes me revere them

and old age bars me from seeking girls,

فَقَد عاوَرتُهُنَّ ثِيابَ لَهوٍ

لَبِسناهُنَّ وَالمَحرُومُ عارِى

I have shared with them clothes of play

we wore them, though deprived went bare.

لَيالَى لا يُغَيِّرُ حُبَّ لَيلَى وَوُدِّها

وَما أَنا مِن حُبِّ لِلَيلَى بِتائِبِ

Nights cannot change love for Layla, her affection,

Nor am I quitting loving Layla in repentance.