1. O beauty whom eyes feast upon when she appears
Amidst women, drawing all gazes towards her
١. يا زَينَ مَن رَأَتِ العُيونُ إِذا بَدَت
وَسطَ النِساءِ وَلَفَّهُنَّ المَجمَعُ
2. Loveliness in you is innate and natural
While in women, it is pretense and artificial
٢. الحُسنُ مِنكِ سَجِيَّةٌ مَطبوعَةٌ
وَمِنَ النِساءِ تَخَلُّقٌ وَتَصَنُّعُ
3. If I had witnessed you on your funeral bier
My eyes would have delighted, though it was fleeting
٣. يَومَ الجِنازَةِ لَو شَهِدتُ تَمَتَّعَت
عَيني بِها وَلَقَلَّما تَتَمَتَّعُ
4. You left and I did not sense it, would that
I were the bier, following behind where you lead
٤. خَرَجَت وَلَم أَشعُر بِذاكَ فَلَيتَني
كُنتُ الجِنازَةَ وَهيَّ فيمَن يَتبَعُ