وَهَيفاءَ لا أُصغي إِلى مَن يَلومُني

عَلَيها وَيُغريني بِها أَن يَعيبَها

I do not listen to those who blame me

For my love of her, though they decry her.

أَميلُ بِإِحدى مُقلَتَيَّ إِذا بَدَتْ

إِلَيها وَبالأُخرى أُراعي رَقيبَها

With a single eyelid I wink at her

When she appears, while with the other I mind her watcher.

وَقَد غَفَلَ الواشي وَلَم يَدرِ أَنَّني

أَخَذتُ لِعَيني مِن سُلَيمى نَصيبَها

That slanderer is oblivious. Little does he know

That I got from Sulayma her share for my eyes!