هويتُI fell in love with أعرابيةًa Bedouin woman ريقُهاher saliva
هويتُ أعرابيةً ريقُها
عذْبٌsweet وليand for me فيهاin her عذابٌtorment مذابْmolten
عذْبٌ ولي فيها عذابٌ مذابْ
I fell in love with a Bedouin woman whose saliva is
Her saliva is sweet though it torments me,
sweet, yet in her I find molten torment.
My head with her has become grey, my eyes ever wakeful,
رأسيmy head بهاbecause of her شيبانُShayban (gray-haired) والطرفُand the eye منْof
رأسي بها شيبانُ والطرفُ منْ
نبهانَNabhan (wakeful) والعذَّالُand the reproachers فيهاconcerning her كلابْKilab (dogs)
نبهانَ والعذَّالُ فيها كلابْ
Because of her, my head is Shayban (gray-haired), and my eye is of
And in her are snarling dogs.
Nabhan (wakeful); and those who reproach me over her are Kilab (dogs).
Partial English translation: 3 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1