1. I hunted a gazelle from the hillsides
And captured a partridge from the meadows

2. So I bring to you this moon-like one
Refined of beauty, sweet and graceful

3. Who gladdens the eyes and warms the hearts
And excites the enemy and satisfies a friend

4. She is adorned with two precious bracelets
And a fine garment embroidered with patterns

5. Their gold threads in soft skin
Like your writing with ink, delicate tracings

6. Her legs give drink to the onlooker
And her eyes are lined with kohl

7. And this one I bring to you, a leopard
Handsome in form, smooth and well-mannered

8. Who pays off debts and ends discord
And draws the companion near and entertains a friend

9. Her tail cries out, “a Yemeni dynasty!”
And in her eyes one thinks is fire

10. You'd think her flashes were lightning
And her zeal, a catapult

11. And this one, a dove, tender
Clothed in solid, unpierced armor

12. She nearly flies with the winds
And outpaces in speed a wildfire