1. By my father, though she is good to him, by my father
One who knows no other but what I have nurtured
١. بِأَبي وَإِن حَسُنَت لَهُ بِأَبي
مَن لَيسَ يَعرِفُ غَيرَ ما أَرَبي
2. For ten years I courted her love
In pursuit as swift as this
٢. قَرطَستُ عَشراً في مَوَدَّتِهِ
في مِثلِها مِن سُرعَةِ الطَلَبِ
3. And truly he saw, had I stayed my hand
Two moons, though I rained the earth, I'd not hit
٣. وَلَقَد أَراني لَو وَقَفتُ يَدي
شَهرَينِ أَرمي الأَرضَ لَم أُصِبِ