1. Her mouth is as if it were for one who humbles himself to it
Or thus pliant but did not sleep
١. كَأَنَّ فاها لِمَن تَوَسَّنَها
أَو هَكَذا مَوهِناً وَلَم تَنَمِ
2. White from the honey of a lofty, unblemished peak
It cracked with the water of the wilderness from the tent peg
٢. بَيضاءُ مِن عُسلِ ذَروَةٍ ضَرَبٍ
شَجَّت بِماء الفَلاةِ مِن عَرِمِ
3. Leave Salma be since her goal has evaded her
And remember your two friends from the tribe of Hakam
٣. دَع عَنكَ سَلمى إِذ فاتَ مَطلَبُها
وَاِذكُر خَليلَيكَ مِن بَني الحَكمِ
4. Whatever they gave me or I asked of them
If I were not to screen my generosity
٤. ما أَعطَياني وَلا سَأَلتُهُما
إِلّا وَإِنّي لَحاجِزي كَرَمي
5. Truly when its attainment is not with me
By what I have already done, I am too shy
٥. إِنّي مَتى لا يَكُن نَوالُها
عِندي بِما قَد فَعَلتُ أَحتَشِمِ
6. Expressing satisfaction with them while also turning away
From some things which, had I done, I would not be blamed
٦. مُبدي الرِضا عَنهُما وَمُنصَرِفٌ
عَن بَعضِ ما لَو فَعَلتُ لَم أُلَمِ
7. I do not condemn the intimate friend when
The tent peg did not condemn the tents it secured
٧. لا أَنزُرُ النائِلَ الخَليلَ إِذا
ما اِعتَلَّ نَزرُ الظؤورِ لَم تَرِمِ