1. My beloved said as their caravan passed
Emerging from Shautan with patience, so triumph!

2. So I said to him, there is no consolation or grief
With a heart appeased from its passion, so stop!

3. And no meeting can be hoped for after this
For us and them, without the gathering of ashes

4. So give me a cure for my burning passion
Or else leave me be from blame, and excuse me

5. Medicines that do not heal the one who has it
And the consoler’s remedies do not provide relief

6. While at times in despair of one returning to health
And at times seen in the eye like one perplexed

7. Stricken with passion, brought down by a tall one
Brokenhearted, beautiful, grieving

8. Bunches picked for the bracelets, a coquette
And plenty beneath the belief of the devout

9. Her charm in elegance in plaited tresses
Furnished like the bent palm trunk

10. And a soft cheek like the pliant tress
When seen by an onlooker it swoons and enchants

11. And doe eyes in alluring kohl
Lined to achieve the purpose of an enchanter

12. And a smile from scattered dimples, its growth
Having buds like glimmering pearls

13. And steps upon two cool feet their nourishment
Streams from a gathered, bewildered cloud

14. Of white soft with the languor of morning, a hoopoe
Heavy, when it rises to something it weakens

15. So when I recognized the separation from her and met it
A fleeing gazelle sped to the startled bird

16. I complained to Bakr while between us
An obstacle, when the glance turns to it, it saddens

17. So I said, give your opinion, he said, decide yourself
You are hopeless, and they have not outgrown, so do as you wish

18. So I said, let's go after them, truly a glance
At them is healing for an aching heart

19. So we went and told the boy fulfill
A need for us, then catch up and don't delay

20. Hasten, we heed the birds should we have the chance
And if we meet the riders do not wander

21. So when dawn lit, the palm groves appeared to us
And the palace beneath Azwor

22. I said, avoid that road, for if
We are seen, eyes will recognize us, so we'll be infamous

23. We stayed near the tamarisks, the morning breeze stroked us
And our mounts remained without being saddled

24. A morning visit until I spied them from afar
Departing, as today belonged to the outcast

25. When we finished the journey from Rabigh valley
Their fire appeared to the enlightened like the moon

26. I said, draw near their caravan, you'll meet heedlessness
From the riders, and wear the garb of the disguised

27. For you will not be tasked with conveyance to her
And if you meet her apart from friends, that is best

28. She said to her companions, go out, I think
Abu Khattab is among us in our presence

29. Nearby to a group of people, eyes are avoided
From both sides and poisoned arrows

30. My eye twitched for him I think one evening
And a fleeing gazelle approached like a bearer of good news

31. So they said to her, no but you wished for
Privacy with him in passion and remembrance

32. She said to them, walk either we will meet him
As I said, or we comfort ourselves and excuse

33. And I came gliding in the valleys at night, avoiding
Eyes and hiding my steps from the tracker

34. So when we met she welcomed and smiled
The smile of a pleased one, and whoever consents is gladdened

35. What a fine distraction, nothing of its distraction there
With a listener from her, and what a beautiful sight!