وَحَدَّثتَني يا سَعدُ عَنها فَزِدتَني

جُنوناً فَزِدني مِن حَديثِكَ يا سَعدُ

You told me about her, O Saad, and increased

My madness, so increase my madness with your tales, O Saad,

وَما زِلتُ في حُبّي ظُلَيمَةَ صادِقاً

أَهيمُ بِها ما فَوقَ وَجدي بِها وَجدُ

And I have remained true in my love of Thulayma,

Roaming madly for her, beyond all reason or logic,

هَواها هَوىً لَم يَعلَمِ القَلبُ غَيرَهُ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ قَبلٌ وَلَيسَ لَهُ بَعدُ

I love her with a love that my heart has known no other,

It has no before, no after, only her does it know.