علقته كالغصن ذو لثغة

معقرب السالف والصدغ

I clung to him like a branch with a lisp

Twisting past and cheek together

لي بهما في الحب قد زادني

بهجره لدغا على لدغ

With the two of them my love for him grew

His abandonment stung upon sting

اقول مضناك اتدري به

يقول لا والله لا ادغي

I said "Your disdain, are you aware of it?"

He said "No, by God, I do not perceive it"

قلت بعني نظرة قال لي

بالروح ان كنت لها تبغي

I said "Look at me with your eyes" he told me

"With the soul, if you desire it"

قلت فدتك الروح فاصنع بها

يا بدر ما شئت وما تبغي

I said "I sacrifice for you my soul, so do with it

O full moon whatever you wish and desire"

فمال تبها وانثنى قائلا

ما اولع العاشق بالبدغ

So he leaned towards it and bent saying

"How the lover clings to the sting"