1. She whose glances wounded me, Nuwairah,
He shall not hope for relief from the wounds of sorrow.

2. I see everyone infatuated with you in despair,
So abundant is affliction from your beauty and lament.

3. The fire of sorrow smolders near Nuwairah,
Who will shelter me in the garden of refuge?

4. In the doctrine of the Trinity is peerless beauty,
The law of love was revealed from it as inspiration.

5. I lost myself in love for a Christian woman,
By her the sincere soul went astray.

6. So who will soothe my eyelids with the kohl of Nuwairah,
A girl who is the cure for my soul and life.

7. She captivated me, though there was peace between us,
And had it been war, she would still have been the captivation.