1. The abodes of solitude aroused my passion though it was not my intent
Had it not been for the alluring glance of the gazelles, I'd not have yearned

2. For a beautiful one from among the graceful herd
Had you wanted safety from her, you'd be saved by every alluring, large-eyed one

3. A smooth-walking, daughter of noble gait and glance
Riding a blond she-camel, her rider appearing enfeebled

4. She traverses great distances as if tightly twisted
Like the bitter plant intricately intertwined

5. Towards a young man of the Shaddad, his ambition
Coupled with the radiance of the following planet

6. Blessed of face, his smile's charm is not hidden
Like a polished sword, burnished and gleaming

7. He meets the honored and all the people
Yet scorns the lowly by the towering lofty one

8. I was not wealthy, yet his friendship made me
Through his palms' generosity, a man of status and means

9. And he continued to bestow on me from his comfort's pasture
Generosity upon generosity and favor upon favor

10. A disposition from a generous tent, his stance
Composed of bounty, not stingy or withholding

11. Warriors in battle, though if you attempt their superiority in peace
You find them to be nothing less than warriors

12. I set forth my steps, and their clouds did not cease
To rain my wishes until my aspirations were fulfilled

13. So may God protect them from what I fear
Truly the Overseer is the perfect Eternal Preserver