1. She came swaying, dragging her train
A tall, wandering, lost gazelle

2. Gada enchants the deer with her neck
And sways the branches of the nabk-tree

3. The morning star rose over us
From the forehead of the one with perfect beauty

4. A full moon softly rose and a slender waist
Which stole hearts and minds from us

5. It sharpened the spear into a poisonous blade
And unsheathed its piercing glance

6. Oh my people! What a lost gazelle has tempted me
With her glances, though she is unjust in her seclusion

7. A gazelle from the gazelles of Lebanon, not one
That grazes on the gravel plains of Afsan

8. She distracted me though I was solitary before
And made me unable to think of anything else

9. Those who gaze at her, their eyelids
Flutter, sprinkle magic and throw arrows

10. She delighted me, my friend, increase
And do not rebuke, make excuses and count the days

11. Oh she has the mischief of a pasture
May your life last, her mouth has ravaged

12. Fear God regarding the heart of this forbearing man
Your eyes have maddened him

13. After me, oh Mayyu, my body will dissipate
And my heart burned with the fire of your abandonment will pray

14. Do not think my distance is diversion
Or disdain, or that my heart is weary

15. No, but my love for you is undiminished
But I saw aloofness is best and more appropriate

16. For your glances made me pledge
Not to obey the jesters seriously or lightly

17. I will not forget the days of intimacy that have passed
And the nights of connection, oh Mayyu, and union

18. The memory of her shook me with passion
Like my shivering in praise of the Greatest Master

19. Al-Shihabi, the eminent, the Lord of High Status
And the protector famed for his generosity and justice

20. The leader of glory and magnanimity, august
With hands that tell the clouds to rain

21. The intrepid one whom praise has enriched
To the point that he filled the orbits with his prestige

22. The full moon whose perfection of discernment
Has taken excellence and perfection entirely

23. The resolute one whose determination puts to shame
The keenest blade and turns sorrow into ease

24. The glorious one whose ambition and status were raised
And his valor and clemency and generosity exalted

25. The lion who defeats the lions when
He unsheathes his sword or rouses them for war

26. How many hosts did he defeat in battle
And Khamis in his strikes made them retreat

27. Oh may God protect the house of congratulations
And water it with shyness and tender downpour

28. Every abode prided itself on Al-Bashir
And was honored by him with beauty and nobility

29. Oh generous one! The flowers bloom with your fragrance
When will your excellences be recited?

30. It takes pride in a garment of good fortune
And intimacy which none were worthy of but you

31. The daughter of honor attains from you
A loftiness, however long the days revolve

32. She inclines towards meeting you and trembles
Like a lover who turned his rein remembering the ruins

33. May God increase your intimacy and good fortune
And happiness and increase you in merit

34. Excuse a young lady whose thoughts have been humbled
By this praise - and she sends the chosen part

35. And is honored by a garment she lowered
With a sincere pledge - may your glory last forever