1. خَليلَيَّ عوجا بِالمَحَلَّةِ مِن جُملِ

    وَأَترابِها بَينَ الأُجَيفَرِ فَالحَبلِ

    My two friends, turn aside at the encampment of Juml

    And her age-mates, between al-Ujayfir and al-Habl.

  2. نَقِف بِمَغانٍ قَد مَحا رَسمَها البِلى

    تُعاقِبُها الأَيّامُ بِالريحِ وَالوَبلِ

    Let us stop at dwellings whose traces decay has erased;

    The days assail them in succession with wind and heavy rain.

  3. فَلَو دَرَجَ النَملُ الصِغارُ بِجِلدِها

    لَأَندَبَ أَعلى جِلدِها مَدرَجُ النَملِ

    So if tiny ants crept over her skin,

    The ants' passage would scar the surface of her skin.

  4. أَفي أُمُّ عَمروٍ تَعذُلاني هُديتُما

    وَقَد تَيَّمَت قَلبي وَهامَ بِها عَقلي

    Do you two reproach me for Umm ʿAmr—may you be guided—

    When she has enslaved my heart and my mind is lost in love with her?

  5. وَأَحسَنُ خَلقِ اللَهِ جيداً وَمُقلَةً

    تُشَبَّهُ في النِسوانِ بِالشادِنِ الطِفلِ

    And the fairest of God's creatures in neck and eye

    Is likened, among women, to a young gazelle fawn.

  6. وَأَنتِ لِعَيني قُرَّةٌ حينَ نَلتَقي

    وَذِكرُكِ يَشفيني إِذا خَدِرَت رِجلي

    And you are a delight to my eye when we meet,

    And remembering you heals me when my leg goes numb.

  7. أَفِق أَيُّها القَلبُ اللَجوجُ عَنِ الجَهلِ

    وَدَع عَنكَ جُملاً لا سَبيلَ إِلى جُملِ

    Awake from folly, O stubborn heart,

    And give up Juml: there is no way to reach Juml.

  8. وَلَو أَنَّ أَلفاً دونَ بَثنَةَ كُلُّهُم

    غَيارى وَكُلٌّ مُزمِعونَ عَلى قَتلي

    And even if a thousand stood between me and Bathna, all of them

    Jealous, and every one intent on killing me,

  9. لَحاوَلتُها إِمّا نَهاراً مُجاهِراً

    وَإِمّا سُرى لَيلٍ وَلَو قَطَعوا رِجلي

    I would seek her out, either openly by day,

    Or traveling by night, even if they cut off my leg.