قل لي عن الحمام كيف دخلتها

يا صاحبي لتسر خلاً مشفقا

Tell me, my friend, how did you enter her dwelling,

To visit a loved one, showing care?

أدخلتها وأولئك الأقوام قد

شدوا المآزر فوق كثبان النقا

You entered while those people had

Girded their loins over the sandy dunes.