1. I yearned for you, how sweet was my yearning!
Heifa, happy with your love, spread her wings.

2. She wished to kiss you, so she guarded her apple cheek
with the sting of her temple.

3. The soft-limbed beauty wore a gown
that floated like a scarf on a branch.

4. She was smooth and white, a graceful gazelle,
who captivated all souls.

5. In the land of knowledge, I flirted with girls
and captured the hearts of the lovesick.

6. The charm of her features always intoxicated me
with lingering sweetness.

7. She came to me like her cheek, a juicy grape
whose color reddened with the wind's caress.

8. The gentle-natured one was perfumed
with a breeze that spread her fragrance.

9. And to my father Al-Hadi I sent one like her
whose beauty outshone all others.

10. So he might spread comfort and ease
with his pure white acts of generosity,

11. and unlock every noble need
with the key of his charity.