ومالِئَةٍ مِن سَناها العيونَ

أَأَبصَرتَ شَمسَ الضحى هي كَذاكْ

With eyes like a gazelle's at dawn,

Have you seen the radiant sun thus?

تَسوكُ حَصَى بَرد في عَقيق

فَيا لَهُما ظُلِما بالسّواك

She grinds gems into powdered pearl,

So dark are those two grinders!

وما قَهوَةٌ مُيِّعَتْ مِسكة

فَبَينَهُما للأَريجِ اشتِراكْ

No coffee is as musky as she -

Aroma they both partake.

بِأَطيَبَ مِنها جَنى ريقَةٍ

إذا نَحَرَ اللَّيلَ رمحُ السماك

Sweeter than it is the spittle

Of night pierced by fate's spear.

وما ذُقتُ فاها وَلَكِنَّني

نَقَلْتُ شهادَةَ عُودِ الأراك

I've not tasted her mouth, but I

Bear witness to the fragrant wood.