1. في الكِلَّةِ الصَّفراءِ ريمٌ أبيضُ

    يَسْبي القلوبَ بمقلتَيهِ ويُمرِضُ

    Within the yellow canopy is a white gazelle.

    He captures hearts with his two eyes and makes them ill.

  2. لمَّا غَدا بَينَ الحُمُولِ مُقَوَّضاً

    كادَ الفُؤادُ عَنِ الحياةِ يُقَوّضُ

    When, with camp struck, he departed among the laden camels,

    The heart was nearly torn away from life.

  3. صَدَّ الكَرَى عَن جَفْنِ عينكَ مُعْرِضاً

    لمَّا رآهُ يَصُدُّ عنْكَ وَيُعْرِضُ

    Sleep shunned your eyelid, turning aside,

    When it saw him shun you and turn away.

  4. أَدَّيتُ منْ حُبّي إِليكَ فَريضةً

    إِنْ كانَ حُبُّ الخلْقِ مِمَّا يُفْرَضُ

    Through my love for you, I have fulfilled a prescribed duty,

    If love for created beings is something prescribed.