1. Who shot the partridge that came
He aims his eyes through the bowstring

2. A skilled hunter, not grazing livestock
O Lord of a partridge raised in the country

3. My Lord heads towards the ladder distracted
Shaking his anklets upon the sand dune

4. He passed by the valley with quick steps
And went about roaming the gardens of Nejd

5. Smiling with chapped lips
A scorpion nested near his temple

6. He reveals two cheeks like apples
Different colors, one cheek and another

7. He turns and shoots an arrow
Under thick arched eyebrows

8. Carrying his bow at the buyer
O you who saw the bow in the constellation Leo

9. He undid the reins of patience with the temptation
Of blinking eyelids bound with kohl

10. Who can lend me the sleeve of a smooth lad
Adorned with freckles and the dress of a boy

11. And my goblet of the Persians has already
Split the staff of the Arabs with a glance and devotion

12. If the glance hit a suit of mail
The interconnected scales would clatter

13. With anklets on a smooth dune
A flirt flirted with me then turned away

14. Shaking his earrings over abundant hair
If the heart were bound by it, it would be bound

15. Crowned at the top, he crowned his head
With sidelocks hanging and braided hair

16. And with bootlaces upon his stirrups
Forbidden, mixing jest with seriousness

17. Stingy with saliva yet generous with it
Hunting sometimes and sometimes driven away

18. A wet branch he leaned on with his staff
Could not bear to stand when he sat

19. Forbidden is the cheek of the doe, wild game difficult to drive
He bound me then twisted evasively

20. O father of the evasive in what he promised
Sincerity was lost with you, my tempting brother

21. You threaten me today and trick me tomorrow