1. Don't you see the lightning in the darkness of night
Swaying as the morning breeze blows?

2. My two friends, come and gladden me with a glance
At it, for my eyelids weep copiously.

3. And on the slopes, if you look closely,
A gazelle, slender of eyelashes like antimony.

4. We traveled before dawn, yearning for our people,
While we were descending the two hilltops.

5. He kissed me while night was between me and him—
The setting of bright stars, their darkness all-encompassing.

6. I meet him furtively while the caravan is oblivious,
As I had plucked the branch of the aromatic tree stealthily.

7. I confide my secrets—verily, the love of Udhaybah
Has remained, despite people's slander, immovable.

8. Would that the nights at al-Ghuwayr were short,
For one long, confused night ransomed them!