1. A drink for your gentle spirit from a visiting apparition
Who is gone, though the charm of his talk did not grow tiring
١. سَقياً لِطَيفِكِ مِن خَيالٍ طارقِ
وَلّى وَحُسنُ حَديثِهِ لَم يُسأَمِ
2. How did you find your way when you were no pathfinder?
To a night’s camp as prickly as hedgehogs bristling
٢. أَنّى اِهتَدَيتِ وَأَنتِ غَيرُ رَجيلَةٍ
لمبيتِ شُعثٍ كالأَسِنَّةِ سُهَّمِ
3. The Emir was determined against them, so their night’s camp
Was closest to the ranks of the enemy in battle
٣. عَزَمَ الأَميرُ عَليهمُ فَمَبيتُهم
أَدنى الصُفوفِ مِن العَدوِّ المُعلِمِ