سَبى عَقلي هِلالُ بَني هِلالٍ

بِأَلحاظٍ كَأَلحاظِ الغَزالِ

My mind was captivated by the crescent moon of the Hilal tribe

With glances like the glances of a gazelle

غَريرٌ فَوقَ عارِضِهِ عِذارٌ

كَليلِ الهَجرِ في صُبحِ الوِصالِ

Cheerfulness above his brow, coquetry

Like the night of separation at the dawn of union

إِذا أَبدى مُؤامَرَةَ التَجَنّي

أَقَمتُ لَها وُجوهَ الإِحتِمالِ

When he revealed the conspiracy of flirtation

I confronted it with the aspects of endurance