وَحَمَّامٍ دَخَلْنَاهَا فَخِلْنَا

وَحَمَّامٍ دَخَلْنَاهَا فَخِلْنَا

بِهَا بدراً عَلَى غُصْنٍ نَضِيرِ

بِهَا بدراً عَلَى غُصْنٍ نَضِيرِ

And we entered a bathhouse and fancied

And we entered a dove-cote and saw there

within it a full moon upon a verdant bough.

A full moon hung on a slender branch.

فَقُلْتُ وَقَدْ عجبتُ لِمَا دَهَانِي

فَقُلْتُ وَقَدْ عجبتُ لِمَا دَهَانِي

أحُورُ الخُلْدِ في نَارِ السَّعِيرِ

أحُورُ الخُلْدِ في نَارِ السَّعِيرِ

So I said, astonished at what had befallen me:

I said —for I was pierced by the sight—

“Are the houris of Paradise in the blazing fire?”

"This is beauty's self in the burning fire."