إِنَّه مال ومَلاَّ

وأَتى الطيف وسَلاَّ

Indeed, he swayed and swayed.

and the apparition came, bearing a greeting,

عاطلاً حتى لقد عا

د من اللَّثم مُحلَّى

unadorned, until indeed it re—

—turned adorned by kissing.

كنت في تَقْبِيلِيَ الطَّيْـ

ـفَ كَمنْ قبَّل ظِلاَّ

I was, in kissing the phan—

—tom, like one who kissed a shadow.