1. هَذَا العَقيقُ فمَا لِقَلْبِكَ يَخْفِقُ

    أَتراهُ مِنْ طَربٍ إِلَيْهِ يُصَفِّقُ

    This is al-ʿAqīq—why does your heart flutter?

    Do you think it claps for it in rapture?

  2. بانَتْ له بَاناتُ سَلْعٍ فَانْثَنَى

    وَبِهِ إِلى نَسَماتهنَّ تَشَوّقُ

    The bān trees of Salʿ appeared to it, and it turned,

    With a longing within it for their breezes.

  3. عَرِّج بنا عَن طِيبِهِنَّ فَإِنَّني

    أَجِدُ الرَقيبَ لِعَرفِها يَستَنشِقُ

    Turn us aside from their fragrance, for I

    Find the watcher sniffing for their scent.

  4. وَبأَيْمَنِ الوادي غَزالٌ ما بَدَا

    إِلَّا وَيبْهَرني هَواهُ فَأُطْرِقُ

    And on the valley’s right-hand side is a gazelle who never appears

    But love for him overwhelms me, and I bow my head.

  5. رَشأٌ نضارةُ وَجْهِهِ لَمْ تُبْقِ لي

    رَمَقاً فَيا نَظَرِي إِلى كَمْ تَرْمُقُ

    A fawn—the freshness of his face has not left me

    A breath of life. So, O my gaze, how long will you stare?

  6. تَمْضِي لَواحِظُنا إِلى وَجَنَاتِهِ

    إِنْ لاحَ ماءُ شَبابِه المُتَرقْرِقُ

    Our glances travel toward his cheeks

    When the shimmering freshness of his youth shines forth.

  7. قَدْ دبَّ مُخْضَرُّ العِذارِ بِخَدِّهِ

    إِنِّي لَيُعْجِبُنِي القضيبُ المورِقُ

    The green growth of his sideburns has crept across his cheek;

    Indeed, the leafy bough delights me.

  8. إِنْ قُلْتُ أَتْلفَني هَواكَ يَقولُ لي

    مَنْ ذا الَّذي أَلجاك أَنَّكَ تَعْشَقُ

    If I say, “Love for you has destroyed me,” he says to me,

    “Who is it that compelled you to love?”