ومظهِرةٍ عَقْدَ هِمْيانِها

تَدِينُ بطاعةِ رُهبْانِها

Displaying the necklace of her devotion

She bows in obedience to her priests

تراءت لنا يومَ دَيْرِ القُصَيْرِ

وقد فوّقَتْ سهمَ أجفانِها

She appeared to us one day at the monastery of Qusayr

Having aimed the arrow of her eyelids

فلمّا قضت حَقَّ قُرْبانِها

وأدّت فريضةَ صُلْبانها

When she had fulfilled the right of her offering

And performed the duty of her crucifix

رمتْنا بلحظٍ يقُدُّ القلوب

ويجرَحُها قبلَ أَبْدانِها

She glanced at us with a look that leads hearts

And wounds them before bodies

فلَم أَرَ ذُلاًّ كذُليِّ لها

ولم أَرَ عِزّاً كسُلْطانِها

I have not seen such humiliation as hers

Nor such glory as her authority

محبَبة أبداً لِلنفوسِ

وإن قَطَّعَتْها بهجْرانها

Always beloved to souls

Even if her estrangement tears them apart

ألا بأبي جَوْرُ إدلالِها

عليَّ وإفراطُ عُدْوَانها

Oh, by my father, the injustice of her favor upon me

And the excess of her tyranny over me