هَل تَعرِفُ الرَبعَ مُقفِراً خَلَقا

أَضحى كَبُردِ اليَمانِ قَد سَحَقا

Do you know the empty quarter, devoid of people

It has become like the intense cold of Yemen, crushed

كَأَنَّما البَدرُ لاحَ صورَتُهُ

حينَ تَأَمَّلتُ الجيدَ وَالعُنُقا

As if the full moon, its image appeared

When I gazed upon the cheek and the nape

قالَت لِمَولاتِها اِذهَبي فَسَلي

إِن كانَ قَبلَ الرَواحِ مُنطَلِقا

She said to her mistress, go ask him

If he will leave before dawn

هَل يَأتِيَنّا الفَتى نُعاتِبُهُ

وَلَو أَتانا الرَواحَ ما خَرِقا

Will the young man come to us, so we can reproach him

Even if he came at dawn, he would not tear anything

لَمّا أَتاني الرَسولُ مُكتَتِماً

أَقبَلتُ أَمشي وَالنَجمُ قَد خَفَقا

When the messenger came to me, concealing

I started walking as the star flickered

شَمَّرتُ بُردي لَها وَشَيَّعَني

قَلبٌ إِذا كانَ مَشهَدٌ صَدَقا

I rolled up my sleeve for her and she escorted me

A heart, if the scene is true, was sincere