عَرَضتُ عَلَيها ما تَمَنّى مِنَ المُنى

لَتَرضى فَقالَت قُم فَجِئني بِكَوكَبِ

I offered her whatever she wished for from delights

That she may consent, but she said "Arise and bring me a star"

فَقُلتُ لَها هَذا التَعَنُّتُ كُلُّهُ

كَمَن يَتَشَهّى لَحمَ عَنقاءَ مُغرِبِ

So I said to her "This obstinacy altogether

Is like one who craves to eat the meat of a western oryx"

فَأُقسِمُ لَو أَصبَحتُ في عِزِّ مالِكٍ

وَفي جودِهِ أَعيا بِذَلِكَ مَطلَبي

Thus I swear even if I wake up in the glory of a king

And in his generosity I attain my wish

فَتىً شَقِيَت أَموالُهُ بِسَماحِهِ

كَما شَقِيَت بَكرٌ بِأَرماحِ تَغلِبِ

A young man whose wealth was miserable due to his generosity

Just as Bakr was miserable due to the spears of Taghlib