شبهتُ ريقَ حبيبي
بخمرةٍ في التذاذِ
I likened my beloved’s saliva
to wine in sheer deliciousness;
وذاكَ رجمٌ بغيبٍ
إذْ لم أذقْ ذا ولا ذي
yet that is but a guess at the unseen,
for I have tasted neither the former nor the latter.
Sol 5.6
شبهتُ ريقَ حبيبي
بخمرةٍ في التذاذِ
I likened my beloved’s saliva
to wine in sheer deliciousness;
وذاكَ رجمٌ بغيبٍ
إذْ لم أذقْ ذا ولا ذي
yet that is but a guess at the unseen,
for I have tasted neither the former nor the latter.
Sol 5.6