لَقَد شاقَني لَولا الحَياءُ مِن الصِبا

لَقَد شاقَني لَولا الحَياءُ مِن الصِبا

بِذي الرَمثِ أَو وادي قُوِيٍّ ظعائِنُ

بِذي الرَمثِ أَو وادي قُوِيٍّ ظعائِنُ

Indeed, but for shame at youthful passion, I would have been stirred to longing

by women in litters at Dhu al-Ramth or the valley of Quwiyy.