كَأَنَّ فاها لِمَن تَوَسَّنَها

أَو هَكَذا مَوهِناً وَلَم تَنَمِ

Her mouth is as if it were for one who humbles himself to it

Or thus pliant but did not sleep

بَيضاءُ مِن عُسلِ ذَروَةٍ ضَرَبٍ

شَجَّت بِماء الفَلاةِ مِن عَرِمِ

White from the honey of a lofty, unblemished peak

It cracked with the water of the wilderness from the tent peg

دَع عَنكَ سَلمى إِذ فاتَ مَطلَبُها

وَاِذكُر خَليلَيكَ مِن بَني الحَكمِ

Leave Salma be since her goal has evaded her

And remember your two friends from the tribe of Hakam

ما أَعطَياني وَلا سَأَلتُهُما

إِلّا وَإِنّي لَحاجِزي كَرَمي

Whatever they gave me or I asked of them

If I were not to screen my generosity

إِنّي مَتى لا يَكُن نَوالُها

عِندي بِما قَد فَعَلتُ أَحتَشِمِ

Truly when its attainment is not with me

By what I have already done, I am too shy

مُبدي الرِضا عَنهُما وَمُنصَرِفٌ

عَن بَعضِ ما لَو فَعَلتُ لَم أُلَمِ

Expressing satisfaction with them while also turning away

From some things which, had I done, I would not be blamed

لا أَنزُرُ النائِلَ الخَليلَ إِذا

ما اِعتَلَّ نَزرُ الظؤورِ لَم تَرِمِ

I do not condemn the intimate friend when

The tent peg did not condemn the tents it secured