أقسم لا يمسكني بضم

أقسم لا يمسكني بضم

ولا بتقبيل ولا بشم

ولا بتقبيل ولا بشم

I swear, he shall not hold me in an embrace,

I swear he shall not hold me in an embrace,

nor with kissing, nor with smelling,

Nor with kissing, nor with sniffing,

ولا بغز يسلي غمي

ولا بغز يسلي غمي

يطير منه فتحي في كمي

يطير منه فتحي في كمي

nor with a prick that eases my grief—

Nor with a thrust that soothes my grief,

from it my opening flies within my sleeve.

From which my opening flies into my sleeve.