1. My heart sought solace from Asma's name
And found no comfort therein

2. She's warmth in winter, coolness in summer
A lamp in the blackest night

3. Bury me, if I die, in Arwa's cloak
And draw water for me from Urwah's well

4. By God whom Quraysh circumambulates
His house, travelling the pass of Kada

5. I am obsessed with her, even if she spurns me
As one who came to her already sick

6. She has a square house at Khakh's Borqah
And a summer resort at Qubba Palace

7. She turned the back of the howdah to me and so
Obeyed the words of my enemies