1. A gazelle in Egypt, I forgot
The embrace of the fawns of Iraq.

2. And I sipped the scent of its cheek,
Finding it sweetly delicious.

3. When he comes to me barren,
I adorn him with necklaces.

4. And when his nape is perfumed,
I am the one made elegant by embrace.

5. O beauty of my days through him!
If only my days would last!

6. By God, O moon of the land,
Who tightened your waist with pregnancy?

7. And why does the thread of your smooth neck
Coarsen with your delicate temples?

8. How they blame me for my inclination
Toward your affection and outpouring desire!

9. And the remedy for what my soul aspires
To is to hasten the separation.