عانقتُها يومَ النَّوَى ولدمعِها

متحدَّرٌ ولقلِبها خفقانُ

I embraced her on the day of parting, while her tears

Flowed down, and her heart pounded.

ولِسانُها خَرس ولكن للهوى

في دمعِ مقلتها فمٌ ولِسانُ

Her tongue was silent, but for love,

In the tears of her eyelids there was a mouth and tongue.

وحتى إذا احترّ الوَداع وأَحرقتْ

أكبادَنا بلهيبها الأشجانُ

Until when the pain of farewell burned

Our livers with its flames,

لاحت بدورُ التِّمّ تحت برَاقِع

ثم انثنى تحتَ المُروطِ البان

The houses of the tribe appeared with their veils.

Then it bent away under the swaying litters.

وأَفضْنَ ماءَ عيونِهنّ فجال في

تلك الخدودِ كأنّه عِقْيان

And they poured the water of their eyes, so it flowed on

Those cheeks, as if it were 'Aqyan.