وشادِنٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ ما اسْمُهُ

وشادِنٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ ما اسْمُهُ

فَقالَ لي بالغُنْجِ عَبّاثُ

فَقالَ لي بالغُنْجِ عَبّاثُ

And a gazelle-like youth—I asked him his name;

He said to me coquettishly, “ʿAbbāth.”

فَصِرْتُ من لَثْغَتِهِ أَلْثَغاً

فَصِرْتُ من لَثْغَتِهِ أَلْثَغاً

فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ الكاثُ والطّاثُ

فَقُلْتُ أَيْنَ الكاثُ والطّاثُ

So his lisp made me lisp as well,

And I said, “Where are the cup and the bowl?”