1. My love for you consumes me, O daughter of Al-Abshami
Have mercy on a man who is dying for your love

2. When she appeared among her people, she killed me
Thus do women kill men, in this manner

3. They looked at us with faces like
Swords unsheathed above spirited steeds

4. Whenever her eyes that see us grew inattentive
They took us wherever the roads led

5. And she said, "If only we were able, two doctors
From among us, learned in curing your illness, would visit you"

6. But after our pact and your pact, my people created
Rancor and were burdened with your affair

7. You remind me of the slain at Hurrat Wakim
Whose bonds were severed and ropes cut

8. Before that, my people and her people
Had entwined around it a staff of perfected glory

9. They would mend the tear after it was rent
With wisdom, guiding pilgrims in their rituals

10. So bonds were severed and a group ambushed
And the traditions of wisdom returned after your absence

11. Is there anyone to convey a message from me
To my dear friend Uyaynah in Iraq and its outskirts?

12. Is there a doctor in Iraq who may
Heal a noble one, sick and wasting away?

13. Were it not for the Syrian armies, his cure
Would be near, but I fear the manic assaults

14. Without them I fear the whims, and dread
A dog without them and the barking wolves

15. Men who are the epitomes of warriors since the days of Rahat
Crossing the wastelands between us and the bloodbaths

16. The only peace is to lead against them
Bleating sheep pursued by nimble shepherds

17. When the horsemen drive them into a gallop, you see them
Like well-rounded old camels, accustomed to their runs

18. Overtaking our rear while we advance ahead
And we follow the auspicious guide carefully

19. Whenever his claws finish off one tribe
He turns his sharpened swords against another

20. He pledged allegiance to Mus'ab on the pledge of Islam
Regiments of horses and a thickening crowd

21. With God's help you warded off their enemy
So you protect their basin with your spears

22. You came to their rescue when an adversary had overwhelmed them
And God made you apt for that task