أهواه لدن القوام منعطفاً

أهواه لدن القوام منعطفاً

يسلّ من مقلتيه سيفين

يسلّ من مقلتيه سيفين

I love him, supple of stature, bending,

I loved him ever since he was a lad

Drawing two swords from his eyes.

With two swords dangling from his eyelids

وهبت قلبي له فقال عسى

وهبت قلبي له فقال عسى

نومك أيضاً فقلت من عيني

نومك أيضاً فقلت من عيني

I gave him my heart; he said, “Perhaps

I gave him my heart, and he said: may

Your sleep too?” I said, “Gladly—from my eye.”

Your sleep be too. I said: from my eyes.