وَقُلتُ لَها ياعَزَّ أَرسَلَ صاحِبي

عَلى نَأيِ دارٍ وَالرَسولُ مُوَكَّلُ

I said to her, “O most precious one, my friend sent

A messenger when we were far apart, and the envoy is entrusted

بَأَن تَجعَلي بَيني وَبَينَكِ مَوعِداً

وَأَن تَأمُريني بِالَّذي فيهِ أَفعَلُ

To ask you to set a rendezvous between you and me,

And to order me as to what I should do.”

وَآخِرُ عَهدٍ مِنكَ يَومَ لَقيتَني

بِأَسفَلِ وادي الدَومِ وَالثَوبُ يُغسَلُ

The last covenant from you was the day you met me

In the valley of acacias when clothes were being washed.