بَرَى جِسمِي المُرورَ عَلَى المَغَاني

وتَردَادُ الحَمَائِمِ لِلأَغَاني

My body passed by the wineshops

And the cooing of doves to songs

وَطَيفٌ كُلَّمَا هَوَمتُ وَهناً

أتَاني مِن مُخَضَّبَةِ البَنَانِ

And an apparition, whenever I wavered weakly

Came to me from the rosy-cheeked slopes

لَهَا خدٌّ يُضاهِي البَدرَ حُسناً

يَقُودُ المُرعوي سَلِسَ العِنَانِ

She has a cheek rivaling the full moon in beauty

Leading the grazing camels with silken reins

ولِبَّاتٌ عَلَى الأَلبَابِ دَاءٌ

وقَدٌّ قَادني وهَوًى هَوَاني

Sickness is in hearts smitten with love

And fate led me while passion made me crave

فَقُلتُ لها أُمَامَةُ مَا شَجَانِي

سِوَى ابنَ الغَوثِ مَأمَنِ كُلِّ جَانِ

I said to her: Umaamah, what makes me sad

Other than the son of succor, refuge of all jinn

كَرِيمٍ طَابَ عُنصُرُهُ وطَابَت

سَرِيرَتُه وفَاقَ ذُرَى الأمَاني

Noble, his lineage pure, and his dignity intact

Surpassing the highest of all hopes