إِنَّ المَليحَةَ آذَنَت بِتَرَحُّلٍ

فَاِقصِد سَبيلَ لِقائِها وَوَداعِها

The beauty has announced her departure

So take the path to bid her farewell

آنَستُ مِن قَلبي الغَداةَ تَشَتُّتاً

فَبَكَيتُ قَبلَ تَشَتُّتِ اِستِجماعِها

In the morning my heart sensed fragmentation

So I wept before its scattering could be gathered

إِنَّ الَّتي سَكَنَت فُؤادَكَ كاعِبٌ

حَوراءُ تَستُرُ وَجهَها بِذِراعِها

She who dwelled in your heart is unfaithful

A nymph who veils her face with her arms

وَكَأَنَّها جِنِّيَّةٌ وَكَأَنَّما

هُدلُ الكُروم تَلوحُ تَحتَ قِناعِها

As if she were a jinniyah, as though

The dangling grapevines waved beneath her veil