1. I am in passionate love with a beauty that entrances me,
And a moon-faced one has wounded me with her melodies.

2. She sang of the threads of cloth that her fingers did not weave,
So I said, she is a separation dwelling between my ribs in tenderness.

3. She sang of the arts of allurement - truly her alluring singing
Has made me infatuated with the arts of allurement.

4. Why the reproach? For how many clouds has the turtledove's song made weep,
The cooing of the doves with their melodies and charm.

5. These are times of joy that we sang of in prosperity,
Which the時es have made sorrowful for so long now.

6. When I stopped to say farewell and mourn them,
My streaming tears flowed like rain in remembrance of the neighbors.

7. The friend said, do you shed tears in the shadows
Like a tattoo, or like the pages of monks' books?

8. I was transported while my heart boiled with anguish and grief,
And grief is dyed on me by the blazing cannon.

9. The flow of my tears in the abodes of loved ones
Should meet with no blame or censure.

10. I am enamored with Umm Aban, distraught and restless,
Separation from her has stirred up passion within me.

11. She came with every beautiful and lovely gazelle,
Shy gazelles who do not complain of the whereabouts of their companions.

12. I have not ceased yearning for the slender ones, mourning
With the grief of an ardent lover and passionate poet.

13. It wounded an ardent heart, anguished and depressed -
O you who wounded an ardent and anguished heart!

14. Until my sighs prevailed in the thorns and wilderness,
And my moaning turned my companions towards the slender ones.

15. How can I show patience when my beloved has abandoned me
And when he abandoned me, the tears of my eyelids flowed?

16. O if only after the sickness of abandonment he would heal me
With the healing of the cheeks of the lovely one, make me well!

17. But the healing of her lips - if they were to heal,
They gave me to drink and turned away the cup of tenderness.

18. The nearness of healing and the approach of abandonment revealed
The weakness of my patience, my resoluteness, my healing.

19. I am impassioned with a slender gazelle, unsaddled and nimble,
She has the slenderness of figure and the allure of an enchanting glance.

20. A delicate and tender specimen, with a sculpted neck,
Slender branches of a beautiful smooth pearl.

21. I recall the nights I spent intoxicated with her,
The choicest of pleasure despite the rancor of the disapproving critic.

22. The days I would revel in the coolness of youth, well-lined,
Strutting among the beauties gently swaying.

23. I pluck the fruits of delight while they are within reach,
Picking fruits readily descending, conferred by the hand of the picker.

24. I am one whose clan fortune has blessed - so whoever
Meets with them obtains a harvest from their descending cluster.

25. Scent the air fragrant with them, the glory has fully gathered,
Enveloped in every noble deed that was exalted in platforms.

26. I know the homeland of the rebel, though I lodged him
In the caves of generosity - they are not like rampant lions.

27. The living like Ukaz - though there are none like them -
Raised knowledge on the foundations of firm pillars.

28. In their verse, they tell of Hassan - and in generosity
They tell of Ibn Muhakkam, solving the knotty problems of meanings.

29. What is challenging to others is simple for them, when
The lamps of brilliant minds and thoughts make it clear.

30. They took eloquence from their forefathers and valued
The people of meanings, untying the knotted problems.

31. They monopolized the arena of pride - none can compete
In the field who has not attained mastery like they have.

32. Time passed them by, adorned by their presence,
Else it would have appeared barren, bereft of ornament.

33. When the events of time speak nonsense, it whispers to them
With submission, assenting to their wise counsel.

34. In addition to the generosity they possessed, they showed generosity
To the wandering visitor and honored guest.

35. Their club is comfortable with favors, if asked,
And being generous, they are not uncomfortable with generosity.

36. Like the comfort of a young man reveling
In music, with flute and chordophone.

37. He who stood firm the day fear departed is their neighbor -
A neighbor of the honorable is an honorable, not frenzied man.

38. Moreover, blessings upon what they contained and avoided
Of the evil of those who wished them ill, of all mankind.

39. The finest prayer and peace be upon the quintessence
Of the sons of Adnan in the most excellent station.