1. إِنَّ اِسمَ حُسنٍ لِوَجهِها صِفَةٌ

    وَلا أَرى ذا في غَيرِها اِجتَمَعا

    Indeed, the name Husn—“Beauty”—describes her face.

    And I see these two united in no one else.

  2. فَهيَ إِذا سُمِّيَت فَقَد وُصِفَت

    فَيَجمَعُ اللَفظُ مَعنَيَينِ مَعا

    So when she is named, she has thereby been described.

    Thus the word combines two meanings at once.

  3. إِنَّ بِشَطِّ الفُراتِ لي سَكَناً

    يَبلُغُ غَيظي بِكُلِّ ما وَسِعا

    Indeed, on the bank of the Euphrates I have a beloved.

    He provokes my anger by every means he can.

  4. يُلصِقُ أَنفي بِكُلِّ مُرغَمَةٍ

    وَلا يَراني عَلَيهِ مُمتَنِعا

    He presses my nose into every humiliation.

    Yet he never finds me resisting him.