ما بالها تبدي عليّ دلالها

ولقد جمعت بخالها خلخالها

Why does she show affection towards me

When she has collected her anklets with her bracelets

أنى تعارض من تملك حسنها

وجنى مباسمها وقبل خالها

How can she seek me when she possesses beauty

And the harvest of her smiles and the moles on her cheeks

ما عاقني عن شوطها خالٌ ولا

عمٌ ولا واش يعدّ وصالها

No mole or blindness or backbiter deterred me

From taking the path to her union

ان فاخرت بكرامةٍ فأنا ابنها

أو فضل معجزةٍ فخل مقالها

If she boasts of nobility, then I am its son

Or the grace of miracles, so her speech is empty

لكن أتت بمديح أكرم ماجدٍ

فأجازها كرم الصفات جمالها

But she came with praise for a generous glorious one

So the nobility of traits rewarded her beauty