يا خِلُّ ما كُنّا نَخافَكُمُ

حَتّى أُتِيتُ بِقَولِكُم أَمسِ

O aunt, we did not fear you

Until I was told yesterday what you said, that we should abandon him

أُخبِرتُ أَنَّكِ قُلتِ نَهجُرُهُ

لا تَفعَلِنَّ فَدَتكُمُ نَفسي

Do not do that, may my soul redeem you

By Allah, I shall not get angry with you

وَاللَه لا آتي لَكُم سَخطاً

حَتّى أُضَمَّنَ مَيِّتاً رَمسي

Until I am placed dead in my grave

Go back to the best relationship we used to have

عُودي بِأَحسَنِ ما عُهِدتِ لَنا

يا أَحسَنَ الجِنانِ وَالإِنسِ

O the most beautiful of jinn and humans

You are the day, the heart craves, and love for you

أَنتِ النَهارَ هَوى الفُؤادِ وَلا

يَنفَكُّ حُبُّكِ كُلَّما أُمسي

Never ceases, every time the evening comes

You have become an evening I wander with

أَمسَيتِ لي شَجَناً أَهِيمُ بِهِ

مِن بَينِ أَهلِ الغَورِ وَالجَلسِ

Amongst the people of the caves and sessions

If it wasn’t for what I got from you, we would have

لَولا الَّذي حُمِّلتُ مِنكِ لَقَد

زُلنا وَقَلَّ بِأَرضِكُم حَبسي

Slipped away, and my stay in your land would have been brief

By Allah, I shall not forget her swinging walk

وَاللَهِ لا أَنسى تَطَوُّفَها

تَهتَزُّ بَينَ كَواعِبٍ خَمسِ

Wobbling between five young maidens

Like sheep walking through reedbeds

مِثلَ النِعاجِ يَمِسنَ في قَصَبٍ

وَدَمالجٍ وَخَلاخِلٍ خُرسِ

And thickets and silent woodlands

Her face was like the full moon when she turned

كَالبَدرِ صُورَتُها إِذا اِنتَقَبَت

وَإِذا أَسفَرتِ فَأَنتِ كَالشَمسِ

And when she smiled, you were like the sun