1. Why did you not resist your love, O son of Al-Ahnaf
When there is no comforter for your flowing tears

2. By my father and mother, I saw a gazelle
That evening, above an overlooking roof

3. She looked from the high roof, and around her
Were white tents like hovering clouds

4. She looked at you with a sad eyelash
The look of the healthy towards the ill and weak

5. And I bid her farewell, raising the cloak
After crying and after prolonged standing

6. I praise those whose companionship endures
And blame all fleers, hastily departing