1. لَم أَنسَ ما عِشتُ حَمّاماً دَخَلتُ بِهِ

    ما بَينَ كُلِّ رَخيمِ الدَلِّ فَتّانِ

    As long as I live, I shall not forget a bathhouse I entered,

    Among all those softly coquettish and beguiling,

  2. في جَنَّةٍ مِن طِباعٍ أَربَعٍ جُمِعَت

    أَرضٍ وَماءٍ وَأَهواءٍ وَنيرانِ

    In a paradise compounded of four elements:

    Earth and water, air and fire.

  3. فَنِلتُ مِن حَرِّها بَرداً عَلى كَبِدي

    وَفُزتُ مِن مالِكٍ مِنها بِرُضوانِ

    So from its heat I gained coolness upon my liver,

    And from its keeper (Malik), I won favor (Ridwan).

  4. فَاِعجَب لَها جَنَّةً فيها جَحيمُ لَظىً

    تُذكى وَلَم تَخلُ عَن حورٍ وَوِلدانِ

    So marvel at it: a paradise where an inferno of flame

    Is stoked, yet it is not without houris and youths.