1. تَحلِفُ بالبيت وهيَ صادقةٌ

    ومقامِ إبراهيمَ والحِجْرِ

    She swears by the House, and she is truthful,

    And by Abraham's Station and the Hijr,

  2. وما قضى الحج من مناسكِه

    وما أراقَتْه من دم النحر

    And by the rites fulfilled in pilgrimage,

    And by the sacrificial blood she has shed—

  3. أليَّةً ما وراءها قَسَمٌ

    لمقسمٍ فيه صادقٍ بَرِّ

    An oath beyond which there is no oath

    For one truthful and righteous in taking it—

  4. بأنَّها لا تزال وامقةً

    وما لها في الغرام من صبر

    That she remains in love,

    And has no patience in her passion.

  5. كأنها لم تَبُحْ بسرِّ هوًى

    وقلَّ من لا يبوح بالسرِّ

    As though she had not divulged love's secret,

    And rare is one who does not divulge the secret.

  6. هذا وأدمُعُها تصدّقها

    ولم تزل في حديثها تجري

    All this, while her tears bear her out,

    And have not ceased flowing as she speaks.

  7. وأنَّ أحشاءها قد اتّقَدَتْ

    تحتَ الضلوع كواقد الجمر

    And that her entrails have caught fire

    Beneath the ribs, like blazing embers;

  8. وأنَّني كلَّما ذُكِرْتُ لها

    أطرَبَها من محدّثٍ ذكري

    And that whenever I am mentioned to her,

    A speaker's mention of me delights her;

  9. وأنَّ هجرانها محاذرة

    أنْ يَعلمَ الواشيان في أمري

    And that her keeping away is a precaution,

    Lest the two tale-bearers learn of my affair.

  10. فَهَلْ ترى يا هذيم إنْ هجَرَت

    أفْزَعَ في هجرها من الهجر

    So do you think, O Hudhaym, if she shuns me,

    I should fear abandonment when she keeps away?