1. وزنجيةٍ لم تعرف الزنج طفلةٍ

    خميصة بطنٍ مسها عندك العطش

    And a delicate black woman who has never known the Zanj,

    Slender-bellied, thirst afflicted her in your presence.

  2. فجاءتك تستسقي من الخمر ريها

    فترجع كالحبلى من النسوة الحبش

    So she came to you seeking wine to quench her thirst,

    Then returns like a pregnant Abyssinian woman.

  3. فكم من هزيل مثلها في ضمورها

    عنيت به حتى تضلع وانتعش

    And how many a lean one, like her in slenderness,

    You have tended until he drank his fill and revived!