بتنا عَناقاً ولثماً

بتنا عَناقاً ولثماً

وضمَّ نحرٍ لنحرِ

وضمَّ نحرٍ لنحرِ

We spent the night embracing and kissing,

We embraced and kissed

and pressing breast to breast.

And pressed breast against breast

وقد شفى الحبُّ منا

وقد شفى الحبُّ منا

غليلَ صدرٍ بصدرِ

غليلَ صدرٍ بصدرِ

And love had quenched within us

And love between us healed

one breast's burning thirst with another.

The anguish of heart by heart

وقد مزجنا اعتناقاً

وقد مزجنا اعتناقاً

مِزاجَ ماء بخمر

مِزاجَ ماء بخمر

And, embracing, we mingled,

And we blended our embraces

as water is mingled with wine,

Like water blended with wine

ريقاً بريقٍ بَرُودٍ

ريقاً بريقٍ بَرُودٍ

عذبٍ وثغراً بثغر

عذبٍ وثغراً بثغر

saliva with cool saliva—

The sweet dew of lips

sweet—and mouth with mouth,

With lips and mouth with mouth

مُعانِقاً غُصْنَ بانٍ

مُعانِقاً غُصْنَ بانٍ

ولاثِماً ضوء بدر

ولاثِماً ضوء بدر

embracing a bān-tree bough,

Embracing the bending bough

and kissing a full moon's light.

And kissing the moonlight's glow