1. أتْهَمَ بِي في الهَوَى وأَنْجَدْ

    مُهَفهَفُ الخَصْرِ أَهْيف القَد

    He took me, in love, to Tihamah and Najd—

    slender-waisted and lithe of figure.

  2. يهُزُّ منه الصّبا قَضيباً

    يكادُ مما يَمِيس يَنْقَد

    The east wind sways a slender bough in him,

    which almost snaps from its graceful swaying.

  3. نَادَيْتُه والكَرى عَزيزٌ

    لدَيَّ والقَلب من هجرِهِ مُكَمَّد

    I called to him while sleep was scarce

    for me, and my heart was grief-stricken by his desertion:

  4. يَا بُغْيَةَ المُدْنِفِ المُعَنَّى

    وغَفْوَةَ النّاظِرِ المُسَهَّد

    O desire of the lovesick, tormented one,

    and brief slumber of the sleepless eye,

  5. باللّهِ هَبْ لي ولَوْ فُؤادي

    مِن بَعضِ ما قَد أخَذتَ عَن يَد

    by God, grant me at least my heart,

    from among what you have already taken by force.

  6. فَأنْتَ واللّه مَنْ عَلَيهِ

    لِواءُ أهْل الجمال يُعْقَد

    For you, by God, are the one over whom

    the banner of the beautiful is raised.