وَلَو أنّ ليلى العامريَّة سلَّمت

عَليَّ وَدوني تربَة وَصفَائح

Even if Layla al-Amiriya had greeted me

While below me is dirt and planks

لَسلّمت تَسليمَ البشاشَة أَو زَقا

إِلَيها صَدى مِن جانِبِ القَبر صالح

I would have greeted her with delight

Or echoed back to her from the grave, well-wisher