سَيِّدي خُذ بِي أَتاناً

عِندَ بابِ الأًصبَهاني

My master, bring me a camel

At the door of Asbahan

تَيَّمَتني بِبَنانٍ

وَبِدَلٍّ قَد شَجاني

She intoxicated me with her mouth

And with a bucket that pained me

تَيَّمَتني يَومَ رُحنا

بِثَناياها الحِسانِ

She intoxicated me the day we left

With her beautiful teeth

وَبِغُنجٍ وَدَلالٍ

سَلَّ جِسمي وَبَراني

And with coquetry and coyness

That melted my body and healed me

وَلَها خَدٌّ أَسيلٌ

مِثلُ خَدِّ الشَيفَراني

And she has a soft cheek

Like the cheek of a blade of grass

فَلِذا مِتُّ وَلَو عِش

تُ إِذاً طالَ هَواني

So for this I die, and if I lived

Then my passion would be prolonged