1. بَرَى جِسمِي المُرورَ عَلَى المَغَاني

    وتَردَادُ الحَمَائِمِ لِلأَغَاني

    Passing by the dwelling places has worn my body away,

    and the doves’ repetition of songs,

  2. وَطَيفٌ كُلَّمَا هَوَمتُ وَهناً

    أتَاني مِن مُخَضَّبَةِ البَنَانِ

    and a phantom that, whenever I dozed late at night,

    came to me from a woman with henna-dyed fingertips.

  3. لَهَا خدٌّ يُضاهِي البَدرَ حُسناً

    يَقُودُ المُرعوي سَلِسَ العِنَانِ

    She has a cheek that rivals the full moon in beauty,

    leading the self-restrained, now yielding readily to the reins.

  4. ولِبَّاتٌ عَلَى الأَلبَابِ دَاءٌ

    وقَدٌّ قَادني وهَوًى هَوَاني

    And bosoms that are an affliction to minds,

    and a figure that led me, and a passion that brought me low.

  5. فَقُلتُ لها أُمَامَةُ مَا شَجَانِي

    سِوَى ابنَ الغَوثِ مَأمَنِ كُلِّ جَانِ

    So I said to her, “Umamah, nothing has grieved me

    except Ibn al-Ghawth, the refuge of every offender,

  6. كَرِيمٍ طَابَ عُنصُرُهُ وطَابَت

    سَرِيرَتُه وفَاقَ ذُرَى الأمَاني

    a generous man, noble in his origins and pure

    in his inner nature, who has surpassed the summits of hope.”