1. I saw a fire kindled for her, and around it
Inner depths with burbling and appearances

2. So I lowered my heart after I said it was
Flying to her fire from the storm of passion

3. So I said to 'Amro, "That, O 'Amro, is her house
A fire burns in it - are you looking?"

4. My pact with her has been long ago now, so that
For remembering her after so long I am an emigrant

5. And in the like of what I have experienced since you accompanied me
You would excuse Abu Yahya if you were one who offered excuses

6. Generous, who makes the secret die, as though he were
Informed about the regions of her affair and he is a confidant

7. When I say "I forgot her" and the remembrance of her
Misfortunes, abundant, double at her remembrance