غزالٌ غزا قلبي بخيْلِ صُدودِه

وخدَّد أحشائي بورْدِ خدودِه

A gazelle has raided my heart with the swords of his eyelids

And gashed my insides with the roses of his cheeks

وقدَّ قُوَى صدرِي بقامةِ قدِّه

وأردفَ أكبادي برمح نُهودِه

And my chest grew tough with the stature of his height

And he lined up my livers with the spear of his flexing

يماطلني إنْ رُمت إنجازَ وعده

بنفسي غزالٌ لا بقي بوعوده

He plays with me if I try to fulfill his promise

A gazelle not a man to keep his word

ويُخْلِفني لما طلبتُ وصالَه

وينجزُ لي من وَعده بوعيده

And he disappoints me when I ask for his union

And fulfills for me from his promise only threats

أغارُ عليه من لِحَاظي فكيف لا

أغارُ عليه من قلائِد جيده

I envy him for my glances, so how can I not

Envy him for the necklaces on his neck

رعى اللهُ يوم البين جادَ بنظرةٍ

على رَغم واشية ورغم حسوده

God bless the day he glanced with love

Despite the envy of foes and the envious

تَجلّى فخلت الشمسَ تحتَ سمائه

وولّي فخلتُ البدرَ تحتَ بروده

He appeared and the sun faded under his sky

He turned away and I lost the moon in his distance

ولا تنس إن جئتَ الغويرْ ولعلماً

فعرّجْ بوادي المُنْحَنَى وزَرُودِه

And if you come to Ghuwayr, and it is well known

Stop by the valley of Al-Munhana and its flowers

هنالك لي وُدّ قديمٌ وطالمَا

شفيت جَوَى قلبي بِلَثْم صِعيده

There an old love of mine, and for so long

My heart's thirst was quenched by kissing its soil

وحيِّ رُبَى نجد ورَملة عالجٍ

ومرَّ بنعمانٍ وطُفْ بنجودِه

Say hello to the pastures of Najd and the sands of ‘Alaj

Pass by Naiman and circle its gazelles

وسلّم على رَبْع لسلمى وزينبٍ

به فتكتْ آرامُه بأسودِه

Send regards to Rabia and Salma in the ruins

Where he triumphed with his lions over its blacks

وحدثْ عن الحيِّ الحُلُول بضارح

وأخبرْه عن بالِي الهوَى وجديده

Tell of my fervor for Al-Hayy Al-Hilool in Dharidh

And inform him of my heart's love and its renewal

وشِمْ بارقاً بالرقمتين وحاجرٍ

ولا تَسْلُ عنه إنْ وَفَى بعهودِه

Mark lightning in Raqmtayn and Hajir

And do not ask if he fulfills his vows

وعرِّج على وادي الغضا وظلاله

وخذْ خبرا عنه وعن روعة بيده

And pass by Wadi Ghadha and its shadows

And take news of it and the beauty of its hand