ولما تولّى الخَدَّ وال عِذارهِ

رفعتُ إليه قِصّتي أتظلَّمُ

When he undertook the cheek and its softness

I raised my story to him complaining

فوقَّع فيها خَطَّه بِصَبابَتي

وقال لي السُلوان شيء مُحرَّم

He signed it with my youth

And the minister said to me it is forbidden

أتلبس ثوبَ الخَدّ إذ كان ساذجاً

قد أَثنى عليه في كتاب

Shall I wear the garment of the cheek when it was naive

He has praised it in a book