1. وَناهِدَةِ الثَديَينِ قُلتُ لَها اِتَّكي

    عَلى الرَملِ مِن جَبّانَةٍ لَم تُوَسَّدِ

    And to a maiden with swelling breasts I said, “Recline

    On the sand of a graveyard, without a pillow.”

  2. فَقالَت عَلى اِسمِ اللَهِ أَمرُكَ طاعَةٌ

    وَإِن كُنتُ قَد كُلِّفتُ ما لَم أُعَوَّدِ

    She said, “In God's name; your command is obeyed,

    Though I have been charged with what I am not accustomed to.”

  3. فَما زِلتُ في لَيلٍ طَويلٍ مُلَثِّماً

    لَذيذَ رُضابِ المِسكِ كَالمُتَشَهِّدِ

    So through a long night I kept kissing

    Her sweet, musky saliva, like one reciting the profession of faith.

  4. فَلَمّا دَنا الإِصباحُ قالَت فَضَحتَني

    فَقُم غَيرَ مَطرودٍ وَإِن شِئتَ فَاِزدَدِ

    When dawn drew near, she said, “You have exposed me;

    So rise, though not driven away—and if you wish, take more.”

  5. فَما اِزدَدتُ مِنها غَيرَ مَصِّ لِثاتِها

    وَتَقبيلِ فيها وَالحَديثِ المُرَدَّدِ

    But I took no more from her than sucking her gums,

    And kissing her mouth, and repeated conversation.

  6. تَزَوَّدتُ مِنها وَاِتَّشَحتُ بِمِرطِها

    وَقُلتُ لِعَينَيَّ اِسفَحا الدَمعَ مِن غَدِ

    I took sustenance from her and wrapped myself in her mantle,

    And said to my eyes, “Pour out tears from tomorrow on.”

  7. فَقامَت تُعَفّى بِالرِداءِ مَكانَها

    وَتَطلُبُ شَذراً مِن جُمانٍ مُبَدَّدِ

    Then she rose, brushing away her traces with her cloak,

    And searching for loose beads among the scattered pearls.