هَوى لَولا لَواحِظُ أُمِّ عَمرٍو

لَصادَفَنا مُصادَفَةَ القَضاءِ

Had it not been for the lover of Umm 'Amr,

We would have met by chance of fate.

دَقيقَة صَفحَةِ الخَدَّينِ أَشهى

مِنَ الماءِ الزُلالِ عَلى الظَماءِ

Delicate is the page of her cheeks,

More delicious than cool water to the thirsty.

وَقالوا في مَراشِفِهِ شِفاءٌ

فَيا شَوقَ المَريضِ إِلى الشفاءِ

And they said in her pillows there is healing,

So O longing of the sick for healing!