وَزاحَمَني عِندَ اِستِلامي أَوانِسٌ

أَتَينَ إِلى التَطوافِ مُعتَجِزاتِ

Crowds jostled me as I received intimates,

Who had come circling in distress.

حَسَرنَ عَنِ أَنوارِ الشُموسِ وَقُلنَ لي

تَوَرَّع فَمَوتُ النَفسِ في اللَحظاتِ

They unveiled the sun's splendor and said to me,

"Exercise restraint, for the soul dies in an instant."

وَكَم قَد قَتَلنا بِالمُحَصِّبِ مِن مِنىً

نُفوساً أَبِيّاتٍ لَدى الجَمَراتِ

And how many resolute souls have we killed

With pebbles, beside the stoning pillars?

وَفي سَرحَةِ الوادي وَأَعلامِ رامَةٍ

وَجَمعٍ وَعِندَ النَفرِ مِن عَرَفاتِ

In the valley's expanse, the banners of Mina,

The throngs at Arafat, and where pilgrims gather,

أَلَم تَدرِ الحُسنَ يَسلُبُ مَن لُهُ

عَفافٌ فَيُدعى سالِبَ الحَسَناتِ

Do you not know beauty robs those endowed

With chastity, who are called pilferers of virtues?

فَمَوعِدُنا بَعدَ الطَوافِ بِزَمزَمٍ

لَدى القُبَّةِ الوُسطى لَدى الصَخَراتِ

So our appointment, after circling Zamzam,

Is by the central dome, by the rocks,

هُناكَ مَن قَد شَفَّهُ الوَجدُ يَشتَفي

بِما شاءَهُ مِن نِسوَةٍ عَطِراتِ

Where, maddened by fervor, some slake their thirst

With whatever scented women they desire.

إِذا خِفنَ أَسدَلنَ الشُعورَ فَهُنَّ مِن

غَدائِرِها في أَلحُفِ الظُلُماتِ

When night falls, they let down their hair, which, from

Its braids, plunges into darkness' robes.