Poems
- إذا زاء محلوقا أكب برأسهWhen he visited a shaven-headed man, he bowed his head low;
- إذا ما أقبلت أحوى جميشاWhenever she approaches, dark-lipped and amorous,
- إذا ما أقبلت أحوى جميشاWhen she came forward, dusky and amorous,
- تقتلنا منها عيون كأنهاEyes of hers slay us, as though they were
- تقتلنا منها عيون كأنهاEyes of hers slay us, as though they were
- علق الهوى بحبائل الشعثاءLove caught fast in al-Sha'tha's snares,
- علق الهوى بحبائل الشعثاءLove is caught in al-Sha'tha's snares,
- قالت بجيلة إذ قربت مرتحلاBujayla said as I prepared to depart,
- قالت بجيلة إذ قربت مرتحلاBujaylah said, as I drew near, ready to depart:
- لابن شنقناق وشيصبانFor the son of Shanaqnaq and Shaysaban.
- نظرت فأعجبها الذي في درعهاShe looked, and what was in her tunic delighted her,
- يحثي بجمر خلفه وينجلهHe flings embers behind him and scatters them.
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