قَضَيتَ القَضاءَ مِن قَسيمَةِ فَاِذهَبِ

وَجانَبتَها يا لَيتَ أَن لَم تَجَنَّبِ

You have made your decision about Qasimah, so go

And avoid her, I wish you had not avoided

وَأَعقَبتَها هَجراً وَشَفَّكَ دونَها

مَناطِقُ رَهطٍ في قَسيمَةِ خُيَّبِ

And followed it with estrangement and your lips from her

Are loosed, the belts of a folk in wretched Khyber

إِذا اِستَحلَفوني في قَسيمَةَ اِجنَحَت

يَدايَ إِلى جَوفِ الرِتاجِ المُضَبَّبِ

When they adjure me about Qasimah I incline

My hands to the insides of the fully-lined quiver

يَميناً بِرَبِّ الرَاقِصاتِ عَشِيَّةً

وَإِلّا فَأَنصابٍ يَمُرنَ بِغَبغَبِ

By the Lord of the girls dancing in the evening

Or else straps passing over rough coarse cloth

فَوَيلٌ بِها لِمَن تَكونُ ضَجيعَةً

إِذا ما الثُرَيّا ذَبذَبَت كُلَّ كَوكَبِ

Woe betide her for whom she will be a bedfellow

When the Pleiades shook and every star quivered

إِذا اِشتَدَّ إِرهامُ النَدى فَهوَ ساقِطٌ

خَضولٌ كَظَهرِ البُرجُدِ المُتَصَبِّبِ

When the onslaught of dew is intense, it falls

Languid like the back of the fully clad locust

مُبَتَّلَةٌ بَيضاءُ تُؤتيكَ شيمَةً

عَلى حَصَرٍ في صَدرِها وَتَهَيُّبِ

A white camel giving you noble traits

On a litter, shying in her breast and startled