1. She allured me, and her hands from Tehama played with me,
And my pledge to her - its renewals are many.

2. Her face resembles the full moon of Yemen,
And to the gazelle belong her glance and her neck.

3. You crept to increase intimacy between me and her,
Is there for me any love other than hers to increase?

4. She allured me, and my camel litter was between a shrub that she frequented,
And I have a purpose in the height of my desire for her.

5. They hung our vessels on their camel litters,
And if they were to depart, the farewell would be their ropes.

6. And the white brightness of her forearms resembles
The creeping of a serpent on a smooth rock.

7. She comes perfumed with scent as though
She emerges from a gland of musk and ambergris.

8. Her cheeks are fairer than the rose in its freshness,
And more radiant than the horizon when it shines.

9. So how many a hand did you outstretch to me and I rejected,
And the regret of rejecting the hands of singing girls is shameful.

10. He is not insolent, but love drove him mad
Sincere affection and love that led him astray.

11. Ask Allah to protect me from the heat of ardour − no one else −
Perhaps ardour will someday return me to my senses.

12. Most excellent is the land of Sara and best
Are its camels for her sake and best are its young she camels.

13. They showed themselves between my ribs though in me
Was a love like the burning heat of flames and its fuel.

14. I did not forget her even on the day of departure when
My tears flowed freely and scattered my pearls.

15. She smiles the smile of the fertile season as though she
Is an inaccessible mirage, of beautiful and fresh countenance.

16. Can an arbiter from her family compel them
To atone for what they ruined or else imprison her?

17. Leave off mentioning happiness, for surely you have some remnant of sorrow
Unless one is seeking prohibition where it can be attained.

18. Will you be content with the life of a subservient one when she
Is one adorned with the light of fortune and its rain flows freely from her hands?

19. Good fortune calls out greetings to Jesus, constantly,
From the furthest point in Yemen its call guides him.

20. So she came to him inscribed on her unblemished face:
"Unlawful, to other than the Commander, woe to him who inclines to others."

21. A scion of kings, from glorious Dhul-Yazan,
Whose favours are hoped for and whose threats are feared.

22. Correct in her judgement, excellent in every opinion, brave in every battle,
Her affair is well-regulated in every celebrated occurrence.

23. Honoured, preferred, loud is her fame,
And she is protected in calamities by her noble deeds.

24. Adorned with the light of truth and faith, a treasure of glory,
Equitable, fulfiller of promises and rightly guided.

25. To her the angels in heaven bow down prostrating
And for her the birds refrain from singing and bow down.

26. If one day she begins with a blessing she completes it.
O Lord, initiator of a blessing without End.

27. Every pulpit yearns for her name
If only it could move, it would sway and turn green in joy.

28. She leads the masters Nobles and Chiefs
And surely the masters cannot dispense with one who leads them.

29. She defends her family with her power
And carries for her elders what exhausts them.

30. She repels those who show enmity to her family with an army
Whose sharp swords drive back the eyes of spies.

31. Weighty when she is encountered, light is her riding,
Many are her captives and few her number.

32. When they fall upon a company they wreak havoc upon it
And they are her cubs and her lions.

33. They plunged into the waves of death fearless,
While the harsh and difficult situation was slight for them.

34. It is the sea except that its water is sweet
And how many seas are there whose waters are not sweet?

35. It is the lightning except that its water is a pond for it
And its water did not diminish until its wood turned green.

36. I saw the people followers of the family of Musayyab
And if it not for people's talk I would say they were their slaves.

37. If the wet nurse of the family of Musayyab suckled
An orphan child, he would be their brother by suckling.

38. Agil are content. Nay, Nazar are ennobled by their merit
Even if one day they were to deny it, their skins would testify to it.

39. Kings whose hospitality was sought out by their swords
And whose inheritance they increased by their old banners.

40. The light of majesty flashes above their foreheads
When their flags and emblems fall.

41. Kings who bought a good name with their wealth
So their living and dead became praiseworthy.

42. If the kindness of a man would make his Lord eternal
It would last despite the enemies out of jealousy.

43. Lions, but the rain makes the kings lions at hunt
Savages, but she makes the crowned savage beasts homeless.

44. To what high status has the Ka’ba reached and her Lord
Completes her bounty and increases it!

45. The East and the West of the world submit to her
And the sun of kings and the lion of the thicket bow down to her.

46. How much have her speeches raised every pulpit?
By Allah if it were not for you, their ascent would be little!

47. The feast came so being with its like, it delight a thousand years
You are to the sons of oppression on the day of their feast.

48. If you make the land prosper ending its misfortunes
And good fortune comes from all sides

49. How can infertility beset a land that you make prosper
And your rain never ceases to pour forth generously?

50. So how many nights did we travel to you secretly
The incline being equal whether we advanced or turned back.

51. The necks of the people bowed down in sleep
And the cheeks of the children of travel met one another.

52. And our singers sang your praises
As Sirdar sang boisterously late at night.

53. My soul promised me enrichment with you
So it behooves it not to dash hopes.

54. If it were not for you we would not have endured desolation
Nor would our vessels contain a distant land.

55. I shall clothe you in return for my praise from afar in a robe
That will last longer than fine garments.

56. I thank the bounties that through your praises I attained
And from the Giver I seek to increase them.