1. لَمّا نَظَرْتِ إِلَيَّ عَنْ حَدَقِ المَهَا

    وَبَسَمْتِ عن مُتَفَتّحِ النُّوَّارِ

    When you looked at me with oryx eyes,

    And smiled, revealing flowers in bloom,

  2. وعَقَدْتِ بينَ قَضِيبِ بانٍ أهْيَفٍ

    وكَثِيبِ رَمْلٍ عُقْدَةَ الزُّنّارِ

    And tied, between a slender bān branch

    And a dune of sand, the girdle’s knot,

  3. عَفَّرْتُ خَدِّي في الثّرى لكِ طائِعاً

    وعَزَمْتُ فيكِ على دُخُولِ النّارِ

    I willingly rubbed my cheek in the dust for you,

    And resolved, for your sake, to enter the Fire.