وكم حديثٍ كأنه سمرٌ

قد مر لي في الزنا مع السمر

How much talk is like chatting

That has passed for me while chatting with friends

وافرة الردف فهو يثقلها

لطيفةُ الكشح نضوة الخصر

Of ample hips, so it weighs her down

Delicate of waist, soft of flesh

طعم خراها مع طعم فيشلتي

يشبه طعم اللبا مع التمر

The taste of her mouth with the taste of my kisses

Is like the taste of raisins with dates

لو لم أشبب بشعر عانتها

ما طاب للناس كلهم شعري

Had I not fallen for the agony of her love

My poetry would not be sweet for all people

قيل لأيري وقد رأوه ولا الهار

ب بعد الحصول في الأسر

They said to the deer after they saw it chained

Without escape after being captured

يشتد بعد العشا إلى حرها

عدواً بال حشمةٍ ولا فكر

Passion for it grows after obtaining it

An enemy without shyness or thought

ما لك هو ذا تطير قال لهم

أطير مستعجلاً إلى وكري

What is with you, why do you fly, they asked it

I fly hurriedly to my den, it said to them

ولي خصى لو خرجت أعرضه اش

تراه مني بروحه دري

I have testicles, if I walk exposing them

You would see me move them involuntarily

إيري عليه كأنه وتدٌ

قد علقت فيه دبة البزر

The deer is as if it were a peg

In which an insect of seeds was hung