وَظَبيِ إِنسٍ ذي مَعانٍ مُكمَلَه

كَأَنَّهُ دُنيا السَعيدِ المُقبِلَه

A graceful gazelle with meaning embodied

As though a happy prosperous world to come

نَظَرتُهُ نَظرَةَ حُبٍّ أَوَّلَه

في صَحنِ حَمّامٍ بِهِ مُجَمَّلَه

I glanced a glance of primal love

In the basin of a bathhouse, embellished

بِفاحِمٍ سَبطٍ إِذا ما رَجَّلَه

قَبَّلَ في حالِ القِيامِ أَرجُلَه

With a virile, fecund one - when he stands tall

He kisses while upright, his legs

كَاللَيلِ ما أَسحَمَهُ وَأَطوَلَه

حَتّى إِذا سَرَّحَهُ وَأَسبَلَه

Like the night - how obscure and prolonged it was

Until when he released and let down

وَشَدَّهُ كَالكُرَةِ المُدَعبَلَه

ثُمَّ أَجادَ ضَفرَهُ وَعَدَّلَه

And drew tight like a firmly tied ball

Then excelled in braiding and fixing it

كانَ بُروجاً لِلهِلالِ مُدَّلَه

فَتارَةً جَوزا وَطَوراً سُنبُلَه

It was like crescents for the new moon dangling

So sometimes a walnut and sometimes an ear of wheat