قالتْ وقدْ قلتُ اعْبَثي بهِ

قالتْ وقدْ قلتُ اعْبَثي بهِ

يوماً وقد قامَتْ وقدْ نامَا

يوماً وقد قامَتْ وقدْ نامَا

She said, when I had told her, ‘Play with it,’

She said, and I had said, “Sport with him,”

one day, when she had risen and it had fallen asleep:

One day when we had risen or had slept,

لوْ كان إسرافيلُ في رَاحَتي

لوْ كان إسرافيلُ في رَاحَتي

ينفخُ في أَيركَ ما قامَا

ينفخُ في أَيركَ ما قامَا

‘If Israfil were in my palm,

If Israfil had been within my grasp

blowing into your cock, it would not rise.’

To blow upon thy brow when ye had slept!