1. وعبلة الأرداف مجدولة

    تمشي كما يطرد الجدولُ

    And a full-hipped, slender woman

    walks as a stream flows steadily.

  2. في فمها الشد ولكنه

    في فم من يحرمه حنظلُ

    In her mouth is [honey?], yet it

    is colocynth in the mouth of one denied it.

  3. لم أنسها أمس ولا قولها

    حلاوة الشكر ما تؤكلُ

    I did not forget her yesterday, nor her words:

    "The sweetness of thanks cannot be eaten."

  4. قلت بلى يأكلها معشر

    بالهجو أعراضهم وكلوا

    I said, "Yes, some people eat it—

    those who have entrusted their honor to satire.

  5. لهم إذا أمَّهُم سائلٌ

    حواجغي وجهه تقفلُ

    Whenever a supplicant seeks them out, they have

    [barriers?] that shut in his face."

  6. ألا فدليني على واحدٍ

    أقصده اليوم فلا يبخلُ

    "Come, then, direct me to someone

    whom I may seek today, and who will not be stingy."

  7. قالت أمين الدينفهو امرؤ

    لسائل بالرد لا يبخجلُ

    She said, "Amin al-Din, for he is a man

    who does not [shame?] a supplicant by refusing him.

  8. واحلف له من بعد ذا كله

    فهو كريم مقبل يقبلُ

    And swear to him, after all this—

    for he is generous, welcoming, and will accept—

  9. أنك لا تقرب أبوابه

    يوما إلى أن يقع المنجل

    that you will not approach his gates

    ever, until the sickle falls."