أنا أصْبُو والتَّصَابِي حِلْيَةٌ

أنا أصْبُو والتَّصَابِي حِلْيَةٌ

لكريمِ العِرْضِ في صَبْوَتِهِ

لكريمِ العِرْضِ في صَبْوَتِهِ

I yearn—and playing the youthful lover is my stratagem,

I yearn, and youthful dalliance is an adornment

for a man of noble honor when he yearns

for one of noble honor in his longing

بعَفِيفِ الجَيْبِ لَدْنٍ ناعمٍ

بعَفِيفِ الجَيْبِ لَدْنٍ ناعمٍ

لم يُعانِقْهُ سِوَى حُلَّتِهِ

لم يُعانِقْهُ سِوَى حُلَّتِهِ

for one chaste of bosom, supple and tender,

for one chaste of bosom, supple and tender,

whom none but his own robe has embraced.

whom none but his robe has embraced.