1. قُمَيرٌ أم وُجَيهُك ذا المُحَيّا

    خُميرٌ أم رُويقتك الحُمّيا

    Is this countenance a little moon, or your little face?

    Is this heady draught a little wine, or your little saliva?

  2. وذيّاك الأسَيود في قتيل

    طُريفك أم أبيّض في حُشَيّا

    And is that little dark pupil doing the slaying

    with your little glance, or a little white blade in my little breast?

  3. مُقلتيك النُّويعسة اللُّويتي

    غُنَيج لُحَيظها منه أذيّا

    Your two drowsy little eyes, whose

    coy little glance brings a little hurt—

  4. حُويجبها القويس رمى نُبَيلا

    أصَيلُ نُصَيله أسدُ الكُمَيّا

    their little eyebrow, a little bow, shot a little arrow;

    the little root of its little arrowhead is the little warrior's lion.

  5. كُسيرتك الجفون غدت حُريما

    نُصيبتك الرويفعة القويّا

    Your little drooping-lidded one has become a little sanctuary—

    your lofty, strong little figure.

  6. قُلَيبي من هجيرك في أَلَيم

    وعند وعيدك اجعله دُويّا

    My little heart aches a little from your little estrangement,

    and at your threat, make it a little remedy.

  7. مُعَيسيل اللُّمى أزال اليَمي

    بذيّاك اللذي سُمّي اللُّمَيّا

    The honey-sweet little one with dusky lips dispelled my little pain

    with that little thing called 'little lip-darkness.'

  8. خُبَيري في هُوَيك يا قُمَيري

    أوَيضح من شُمَيس في الضُّحَيّا

    My little tale of love for you, my little moon,

    is clearer than a little sun at forenoon.

  9. عُبَيدك من بعَيدك يا سُويدي

    سُويداه السّقيم لها مُهَيّا

    Your little slave, through your little absence, my little master—

    his ailing little heart has a little something made ready for it.

  10. خُوَيدك العُبَيد له عُوَين

    حُوَيريّة روَيحيّة مُنَيّا

    Your little maiden, the little slave, has a little eye:

    a little houri, a little soul, a little wish.

  11. مُنايها وُجَيهك يا قُمَيري

    وماديّا الغُصَين ولا الرُّشَيّا

    Its little wishes are your little face, my little moon,

    and not that little bough, nor the little gazelle.

  12. عُوَيشقك المُهَيجر المُضَيني

    مُدَيمعه مُسَيكيب أسَيّا

    Your forsaken, worn-out little lover—

    his little tear-flow is poured out in little sorrow.

  13. رُوَيح في الدُّهَر يرى وُقَيتا

    حُلَيوا بالوصَيل يرَى هُنَيّا

    A little soul sees, in time, a little moment

    sweet with a little union; it sees a little bliss.

  14. فَرُبّ بُعَيد منه بنيل

    كما تُسقى الثرى من الثُّريّا

    For many a far-off little one gains something from it,

    as the soil is watered from the Pleiades.

  15. دُوَينك يا سُويدي من بُنيّ

    سُويدين له عُرِفَ الأَبَيّا

    Take, my little master, from the little son of

    Suwaydin, whose little father was known,

  16. عُقَيدا كالعُقَيدا من نُظَيم

    حُليو في الذُّويق حكى حُليّا

    a little necklace of little verse, like a little sweetmeat,

    sweet to the little taste, resembling little jewels.