وممشوقةِ القدّ معشوقةٍ

تُعَذِّبُ أنفُسَ عُشّاقها

With legs like date palms swaying

She torments her lovers' souls

بعينٍ إذا سَحَرَتْ بالفتور

بدا للمها بعض أحداقها

With eyes that when languid

Reveal but some of their depths

وقدٍّ يميتُ حياة الغصون

فتذوي نَضَارةُ أوراقها

With a figure that kills the vitality of branches

Melting the freshness of their leaves

وشدوٍ يقوم لفرط السّرُور

بنفسِ الحزين على ساقها

With a voice that rises with excessive joy

In the sad soul on her legs

تهيمُ به الهيمُ عن شربها

زُلالاً لإحياءِ أرماقِها

She fascinates with her charm as she sips

Reviving her parched throat

وتخلعُ إن سمِعَتْهُ الحَمامُ

عليها قلائدَ أطواقها

And if she hears the doves' coos

She adorns herself with necklaces

فمن لشجٍ سَهْلُ أخلاقِهِ

يُعَذّبُهُ وَعْرُ أخلاقها

So one gentle of nature though he be

Is tormented by her difficult nature

ترى صَدَّها عاقلاً رُوحَهُ

فيا وَصْلَها جُدْ بإطْلاقِها

You see her rejection drive his soul mad

So seek her embrace, set her free