1. وأغيدٍ فتكت بي من لواحظه

    صوارمٌ سميت للناس أجفانا

    And a supple youth—from his glances I was slain

    By keen swords known to people as eyelids.

  2. رمى فؤادي بالبلوى وأذهلني

    فعاد فودى من ذهل بن شيبانا

    He hurled affliction at my heart and bewildered me;

    So my temple joined Dhuhl ibn Shayban's clan—bewildered and gray.

  3. ونام عن جفني الساهي فسهده

    فصاح فيه الكرى يا آل نبهانا

    And he slept, heedless of my distracted eyelid, leaving it sleepless;

    So slumber cried out within it: “O clan of Nabhan!”