1. How did she come to us when the mounts were tethered
At dusk, made unsteady by the winds?
١. وَأَنّى أَتَتنا وَالرِكابُ مُناخَةٌ
بِخَوعى وَأَمسى بِاللِياحِ اِختِلالُها
2. How did she come to us when it had been so long
Since she left the house of the two neighbors?
٢. وَكَيفَ أَتَتنا وَهيَ عَهدي كَثيرَةٌ
عَنِ البَيتِ بَيتِ الجارَتَينِ اِعتِلالُها
3. It was unfair that her affection would be
For another, and that my body would miss her shadow.
٣. وَما أَنصَفَتنا أَن يَكونَ نَوالُها
لِغَيري وَأَن يَعتادَ جِسمي خَيالُها
4. Leave off longing and complaining to me, for they
Are crowds of needs, hoping for her gift.
٤. دَعي العَطفَ وَالشَكوى إِلَيَّ فَإِنَّها
جُموعٌ مِنَ الحاجاتِ يُرجى نَوالُها