1. مَضحَكٌ أَحلى مِنَ الشهدِ

    بَردُهُ يُغنى عَنِ البَرَدِ

    A smiling mouth sweeter than honey,

    Its coolness makes hail needless.

  2. بِتُّ حَتّى الصُبحِ أَلثِمَهُ

    مِن غَريرٍ فاتِنِ الغَيَدِ

    I spent the night till dawn kissing it—

    Of a guileless youth with bewitching grace.

  3. وَنُجومُ اللَيلِ ضاحِكَةٌ

    مِن عِناقِ الظُبى لِلأَسَدِ

    And the stars of night were laughing

    At the gazelle’s embrace of the lion.

  4. عَجَبي يا قَومُ إِذ عَبَرَت

    بِعَبيرِ الصُدغُ مِنهُ يَدي

    I marvel, O people, when my hand passed

    Through the fragrance of his temple-lock:

  5. كَيفَ لَم تُحرَق بِما وَقَدَت

    وَجَنَتاهُ فيهِما عَضُدي

    How was my upper arm not burned by the blaze

    Of his cheeks, as it lay between them?