1. وَراحٍ في لِطافَتِها كَحِسّي

    نَعِمتُ بِشُربِها في ديرِ قسِّ

    And a wine as subtle as my perception,

    I delighted in drinking it in a priest's monastery,

  2. عَلى الناقوسِ إِذا هُوَ عِندَ سَمعي

    أَحَبُّ إِلَيهِ مِن ضَربٍ وَجَسِّ

    To the sound of the bell, when to my ear it was

    Dearer than beating and plucking.

  3. فَيالَكِ مِن بَناتِ الكَرَمِ بِكراً

    تُلائِمُ في كَرامَتِها لِنَفسي

    So, what a virgin you are among the vine's daughters!

    In her nobility she is a match for my soul.

  4. إِذا اِفتُرِعَت رَأَيتُ لَها حَبابا

    كَعِقدِ كَواكِبٍ في جيدِ الشَمسِ

    When she was deflowered, I saw her bubbles,

    Like a necklace of stars on the sun's neck.

  5. إِنَّ أَبا أَحمَدٍ لَعِلقٌ

    خَسيسٌ فِعلٌ مَهينٌ نَفسِ

    Abu Ahmad is indeed a passive sodomite,

    Base in deed, abject in soul.

  6. إِذا تِجارُ اللِواطِ جاءَت

    تَطلُبُ مِنهُ الشَرى بِوَكسِ

    When the dealers in sodomy came,

    Seeking to buy from him at a discount,

  7. خَلّى عَنِ السَومِ وَالتَقَصّي

    وَباعَهُم بِفَلسِ

    He abandoned bargaining and pressing for more,

    And sold himself to them for a fils.