رامَ قَلبي السُلوَّ عَن أسماءِ

وَتَعزّى وَما بِهِ مِن عَزاءِ

My heart sought solace from Asma's name

And found no comfort therein

سُخنَةٌ في الشِتاءِ بارِدَةُ الصَي

فِ سِراجٌ في اللَيلَةِ الظَلماءِ

She's warmth in winter, coolness in summer

A lamp in the blackest night

كَفِّناني إِن مِتُّ في دِرع أَروى

وامتَحا لي مِن بِئرِ عُروَةَ مائي

Bury me, if I die, in Arwa's cloak

And draw water for me from Urwah's well

إِنَّني والَذي تَحُجُّ قُرَيشٌ

بَيتَهُ سالِكينَ نَقبَ كَداءِ

By God whom Quraysh circumambulates

His house, travelling the pass of Kada

لَمُلِمٌّ بِها وإِن أُبتُ مِنها

صادِراً كالَّذي وَرَدتُ بِداءِ

I am obsessed with her, even if she spurns me

As one who came to her already sick

وَلَها مَربَعٌ بِبُرقَةِ خاخٍ

وَمَصيفٌ بِالقَصرِ قَصرِ قُباءِ

She has a square house at Khakh's Borqah

And a summer resort at Qubba Palace

قَلَبَت لي ظَهرَ المِجَنِّ فأَمسَت

قَد أَطاعَت مَقالَةَ الأعداءِ

She turned the back of the howdah to me and so

Obeyed the words of my enemies