أتاني وانثنى وَجِلاً

أتاني وانثنى وَجِلاً

وجَرَّ حِبالَه خَجَلا

وجَرَّ حِبالَه خَجَلا

He came to me and drew back, afraid,

He came to me, bowed down humbly

and dragged his ropes in shame.

Dragging his ropes bashfully

وقال أخاف حُسّادِي

وقال أخاف حُسّادِي

وأَخشى ذلِك العملا

وأَخشى ذلِك العملا

He said, “I fear those who envy me,

And said, "I fear my enviers

and dread that deed.”

And dread that shameful deed"

ومالَ بفَرْدِ حاجِبهِ

ومالَ بفَرْدِ حاجِبهِ

وصدَّ وكَسَّر المُقَلا

وصدَّ وكَسَّر المُقَلا

And he tilted one eyebrow,

He bent his solitary brow

and turned away, lowering his eyes.

Turned away and broke his glance

فقلت له دعِ التعري

فقلت له دعِ التعري

ضَ والتستِير والثّقلا

ضَ والتستِير والثّقلا

So I told him, “Leave off insinuation,

So I said to him, "Cast off pretense

concealment, and coyness.

And this veil and heaviness

ودونك يا سَحُورَ الطَّرْ

ودونك يا سَحُورَ الطَّرْ

فِ هذا القائمَ الثَّملا

فِ هذا القائمَ الثَّملا

And take, O you with the bewitching gaze,

Is this ardent, passionate lover

this drunken, upright one.

The best that you see, if

فأَحسنُ ما تراه إذا

فأَحسنُ ما تراه إذا

تناول رَأسُهُ الكَفَلا

تناول رَأسُهُ الكَفَلا

For it is loveliest to behold when

His head reaches the ankles

its head reaches the buttocks.”