وكمْ يدَّعي صوناً وهذي جفونُهُ

وكمْ يدَّعي صوناً وهذي جفونُهُ

بفترتِها للعاشقينَ يواعدُ

بفترتِها للعاشقينَ يواعدُ

How often he claims restraint, while these eyelids of his

with their languor make promises to lovers.

وكمْ يتجافى خصرُهُ وهْوَ ناحلٌ

وكمْ يتجافى خصرُهُ وهْوَ ناحلٌ

وكمْ يتحالى ريقُهُ وهْو باردُ

وكمْ يتحالى ريقُهُ وهْو باردُ

How often his waist draws away, though it is slender.

How often his saliva tastes sweet, though it is cool.