جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا جَمرَةَ اِبنَةِ نَوفَلٍ

جَزاءَ مُغَلٍّ بِالأَمانَةِ كاذِبُ

May God reward us well for Jamra, Ibn Nawfal’s daughter,

The reward due to one who keeps faith yet is called a liar,

لَهانَ عَلَيها أَمسَ مَوقِف راكِبٍ

إِلى جانِبِ السَرَحاتِ أَخيَبَ خائِب

Yesterday a horseman stationed where the beasts were tethered

Beside her tents was turned away, his request denied.

وَقَد سَأَلَت عَنّي الوُشاةُ لِيَكذِبوا

عَلَيَّ وَقَد أَبلَيتُها في النَوائِب

The slanderers asked her news of me, wanting to discredit

My name; throughout adversity I proved true to her.

وَصَدَّت كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ تَحتَ قِناعِها

بَدا حاجِبٌ مِنها وَضَنَّت بِحاجب

She turned away as though the sun itself were raiment

To her; from beneath her veil a brow shone like the dawn.