1. I remembered you at the palace, the palace of Ibn Aamir
With yearning, and tears flowed copiously from my eyes

2. So I remained, while the she-camels remained, at their station
Saddled she-camels awaiting when I will mount and ride

3. I talk to myself, and my words are many
And my biggest worry, and my words, is Zaynab

4. When the sun of day rises, I remember her
And I reminisce about her when the sun sets

5. She is special to me, beyond all women
In my preservation, and poetry, whenever I compose

6. Indeed, he who wants my pleasure by mentioning her
To me, and my admiration of her, makes himself beloved

7. When my eye twitches, I say perhaps
It twitches to see her, and flutters for that

8. When my legs grow numb, I confess in remembering her
So that the numbness may leave my legs and depart