and i spent a night at one time with a woman of my acquaintances who was famous for her righteousness goodness and firmness. with her was a slave girl from among her relatives whom i had grown up with in my youth. then i was absent from her for many years. i had left her when i was pressed and found that the water of youth had flowed over her face overflowing and flowing and the springs of beauty had burst forth upon her so i hesitated and was perplexed. and the stars of beauty rose in the sky of her face and shone.
ولقد ضمني المبيت ليلة في بعض الأزمان عند امرأة من بعض معارفي مشهورة بالصلاح والخير والحزم، ومعها جارية من بعض قراباتها من اللاتي قد ضمتها معي النشأة في الصبا، ثم غبت عنها أعواما كثيرة، وكنت تركتها حين أعصرت ووجدتها قد جرى على وجهها ماء الشباب ففاض وانساب، وتفجرت عليها ينابيع الملاحة فترددت وتحيرت، وطلعت في سماء وجهها نجوم الحسن فأشرقت