1. My companion camping between the bushes and his blanket,
The trouble of Abu Jahl and the war of the tribe of Abs,
١. وَبِي شَادِنٌ بَيْنَ الحَشَا وَلِحَاظِهِ
عَنَاءُ أبي جَهْلٍ وَحَرْبُ بني عَبْسِ
2. The beauty of perfection, his beauty is precious I ransom him
With my soul, nothing is more precious than the soul,
٢. مَلِيكُ جَمَالٍ عَزَّ حسناً فَدَيْتُهُ
بِنَفْسِي وَلاَ شَيْءَ أعَزُّ مِنَ النَّفْسِ
3. When illusion calls him, O the seduction of the morning,
Perfection called him, O the outshiner of the sun.
٣. إذَا مَا دَعَاهُ التِّيهُ يَا فتنةَ الضُّحَى
بَدَا فدعاه الحسنُ يا فَاضحَ الشَّمْسِ