1. A'thamah, let the captive bird go free
For your life's sake, and have mercy on this sad lover

2. Rabi'ah is infatuated with you, rapturous
He longs for you, with a yearning so keen

3. He came visiting you, so have mercy on him
For your visitor you have maddened into madness

4. He saw you approaching, but when
His eyes saw you, they stirred up turmoil for us

5. You got up to bid him farewell, and my eyes
In sorrow at your beauty, bid you farewell

6. So when the people saw you they said
"Glory to Allah, Lord of all beings"

7. Your shapely hips appeared, rising
Hips that left nothing for the people of faith

8. And your Lord has granted you, so thank Him
A beauty beyond the description of describers

9. The bright sun on a gloomy day
Is not more beautiful than you when you display yourself

10. If you turn your face the people see beauty
And if you turn away, you shackle their eyes

11. If kings saw you one day
They would prostrate before your beauty

12. If women ruled affairs
Then you would be Commander of the Faithful

13. You were given heavy thighs
And you were burdened with a load you carry

14. If you stand up straight like a pillar
Your hips protest and you sit back down

15. When you pray and then prostrate we say
"Would that she had prostrated for years"