يقولون غدا لي شَجَتْكَ خَريدةٌ

يقولون غدا لي شَجَتْكَ خَريدةٌ

فَخُذْ بَعْدَها إن شئتَ مِ البيضِ أرْبَعا

فَخُذْ بَعْدَها إن شئتَ مِ البيضِ أرْبَعا

They will tell me tomorrow: “A maiden has grieved you.”

They say tomorrow your cheeks will be bought

So take four fair-skinned women after her, if you wish.

So take after it, if you wish, four eggs

وما يَكْفي كَفّي مذ أبانَتْ بنانَها

وما يَكْفي كَفّي مذ أبانَتْ بنانَها

ولو ضعتُ فيها جوهرَ المَحْضِ اصبعا

ولو ضعتُ فيها جوهرَ المَحْضِ اصبعا

And my palm has not sufficed since she revealed her fingertips,

And what can satisfy my palms since their fingers appeared

even if I placed in it a finger of pure jewel [“placed” assumes a typo in the Arabic].

Even if I put in them the essence of purity a finger