1. مع الحبيب سبحت

    وفي صباه لعبت

    With the beloved I swam,

    And in his youth I played.

  2. لا تعجبوا من ضلالي

    إني سكرت سكرت

    Do not marvel at my straying;

    Indeed, I was drunk, drunk.

  3. ولا تطيلوا ملامي

    فما بهذا أثمت

    And do not go on reproaching me,

    For I have not sinned in this.

  4. عرائس البحر نادت

    صبابتي فأجبت

    The brides of the sea called

    To my yearning, and I answered.

  5. في البحر والموج عات

    سبحت حتى تعبت

    In the sea, while the waves raged,

    I swam until I grew weary.

  6. سبحت فيه الصبايا

    بالسبح حتى سبقت

    The young women swam in it,

    Swimming, until I took the lead.

  7. بيضاء تلهم روحي

    في حبها الحد سبت

    A fair-skinned woman inspires my soul;

    In loving her, I broke through the bounds.

  8. عيونها واعدات

    بقبلة إن صحوت

    Her eyes promise

    A kiss if I awaken.

  9. وكيف يصحو فؤادي

    ومن سناها شربت

    And how can my heart awaken,

    When I have drunk of her radiance?

  10. لو كنت في الشط وحدي

    سرقتها ومضيت

    Had I been alone on the shore,

    I would have stolen her away and left.

  11. جسم من النور صاف

    تغار منه الكميت

    A pure body made of light,

    Which dark-red wine envies.

  12. لو كنت في الشط وحدي

    سرقتها وومضيت

    Had I been alone on the shore,

    I would have stolen her away and left.

  13. هذي العيون ترانا

    من لؤمها أنا خفت

    These eyes see us;

    I feared their malice.

  14. إن الجواسيس حولي

    في أي أرض حللت

    Indeed, the spies are around me,

    In whatever land I settle.

  15. فليسمعوا كيف شاءوا

    فلى إلى الحسن صوت

    So let them listen however they wish;

    For I have a voice for beauty.

  16. إن الجمال طعامي

    وخمرتي إن ظمئت

    Indeed, beauty is my food,

    And my wine if I thirst.

  17. إني إلى الحسن صاب

    أشتاقه مذ ولدت

    Indeed, I yearn for beauty;

    I have longed for it since I was born.

  18. من نار قلبي تعالت

    نار لرأسي فشبت

    From my heart's fire there rose

    A flame to my head, and I turned gray.

  19. يا بحر ما سمكات

    شويتها فاشتويت

    O sea, no little fish

    Did I roast, only to be roasted myself;

  20. وما زغاليل فيها

    لكل رام وقفت

    Nor young pigeons there

    Did I reserve for every marksman.

  21. الحسن في الشط نار

    قبستها فاحترقت

    Beauty on the shore is fire;

    I took a spark from it and burned.

  22. وكنت أنجو بنفسي

    ومهجتي لو أردت

    And I could have escaped with my life

    And my heart's blood, had I wished.

  23. والقلب لم يك يدري

    أني بعهدي غدرت

    And the heart did not know

    That I had been false to my pledge.

  24. خمسون عاما وقلبي

    لم يدر أني عشقت

    Fifty years, and my heart

    Did not know that I had fallen in love.

  25. إني لوجدى كتوم

    والخير فيما كتمت

    Indeed, I keep my passion closely hidden;

    And good lies in what I concealed.

  26. هذا القصيد شهيد

    أني بنجواي بحت

    This poem is a witness

    That I have spoken openly of my secret thoughts.