مليحٌ له المرآة أختٌ حبيبةٌ

يقول لها ما يشتهى وتقولُ

The mirror is beautiful to him, a beloved sister

He tells her what he desires and she says

أساريره فيها أسارير شادن

له في الظباء النافرات أصول

His secrets in her are cheerful secrets

For him in the shy gazelles are origins

رأى وجهه فيها جميلاً ورائعاً

فأمسى وفي الأحشاء منه غليلُ

He saw his face in it beautiful and wonderful

So he spent the night and in his insides is sickness

فأصبحت المرآة شهوة وروحه

يميلُ عليها حانياً فتميل

So the mirror became a desire and his soul

Inclines to it gently so it inclines

تقول له المرآة إنك ساحرٌ

وإنك بالروح الجميل جميل

The mirror tells him you are a sorcerer

And you are beautiful with the beautiful spirit

عيونٌ كما شاء الفتون فواتك

وخدٌّ كما رام الغرام أسيل

Eyes as the flirtation wanted your weakness

And a cheek as the love wanted, flowing

ولم تقل المرآة ما طعم ريقهِ

إذا طاب عند الصبح وهو شمول

And the mirror did not say what the taste of his saliva is

When it is good at dawn and he is tasting

رأى وجهه رأى الخيال فشاقه

وأمسى بأحلام الخيال يصول

He saw his face he saw the imagination so it split him

And he spent the night with the dreams of imagination raging

فما رأيه إن قلت إني هصرتُه

وهصّرته والهاصرون قليلُ

So what did he see if I said I teased him

And I teased him while the teasers are few

مليحٌ تحاماه العيون مهابةً

وكل مليح لا يرام جليل

Beautiful he is protected by shy eyes

And every beautiful one who is not sought is majestic

فقبّلت ثغريه وقبّلت خدَّهُ

فأضحى قتيلاً والمحب قتول

So I kissed his mouth and I kissed his cheek

And so he became slain and the lover is lethal

إذا قيل من هذا القتيل ذكرتهُ

بخيرٍ وبعض القاتلين ختول

If it is said who is this slain one I remembered him

With good and some of the killers are vile

سأنسى سانسى أنني قد عرفتهُ

لأني بجهر الحب فيه بخيل

I will forget, forget that I knew him

Because I am stingy with public love for him