1. غزيل تهامه

    مسكى الشامه

    A little gazelle of Tihamah,

    With a musk-scented beauty mark.

  2. صدوده قيامه

    فضح ظبي رامه

    His turning away is Judgment Day.

    He puts Ramah's gazelle to shame

  3. بالجيد والقامه

    وحسن الرّخامه

    With his neck and stature,

    And the beauty of his mellow voice.

  4. كثير الغرامه

    صافي المدامه

    Great is the passion;

    Pure is the wine,

  5. وريقه علامه

    ولا هي أمامه

    And his saliva is a sign.

    And before him it is nothing

  6. إلا خدامه

    بتلك الوسامه

    But a handmaid,

    Given such handsomeness.

  7. عبر في غلاله

    لابس شياله

    He passed by in a gauzy robe,

    Wearing his shawl,

  8. وشمس مثاله

    دعيته تعاله

    And the sun is his likeness.

    I called to him: 'Come here!'

  9. يا بدر ألا له

    تغافل بناله

    'O full moon!'—ah, for him!

    He feigned indifference to us,

  10. وحوله طواله

    خيل صهّاله

    And around him were tall

    Neighing horses.

  11. وتلك سلاله

    علامه علامه

    And such a lineage!

    Why, why?

  12. قمري الشامه

    هجرني علامه

    My moon with the beauty mark—

    Why has he forsaken me?

  13. سهرت الحنادس

    للخشف الكانس

    I stayed awake through the pitch-dark nights

    For the fawn sheltering in its covert.

  14. ولاله موانس

    كثير الوساوس

    And he has no companion,

    Full of anxious thoughts,

  15. في الليل الدامس

    أنابت حارس

    In the pitch-black night.

    I spent the night as a guard

  16. لسيد العرائس

    ذي الطرف الناعس

    For the lord of brides,

    With his languid gaze.

  17. سبا العقل تاعس

    ويا أهل الكرامه

    He has captured the mind, the wretch.

    And you, people of honor

  18. والاستقامه

    خذوني غلامه

    And uprightness,

    Take me as his servant.