1. If only the family of Salma ibnal-Malik would allow me
I would give a generous dowry from the delights of Masraa

2. And a group like the gazelles of the family of Ja'far
Strolling with kohl around their languid eyes

3. When the Nile descends or they are below it
At the acacia trees, they then cast the poles

4. My mother has forbidden me because of her death
The virtues of my people as well as my lack of money