1. إذا اعتكرت ظلماء ليلٍ ونوّمت

    عيونُ رجالٍ واستلذوا المضاجِعا

    When the darkness of night thickens and sleep closes

    men’s eyes, and they delight in their beds,

  2. سما نحوَ جار البيتِ يَستام عرسَه

    يزيد دبيباً للمعاناةِ قابعا

    He makes for the next-door neighbor, soliciting the man’s wife—

    Yazid, creeping along, crouching in his pursuit.

  3. وإن إمكنته جارةُ البيتِ أو رنت

    إليه أتاها بعد ذلك طائعا

    And if the woman next door gives him an opening, or gazes

    toward him, he comes to her afterward, willingly.