وَأَنّى أَتَتنا وَالرِكابُ مُناخَةٌ

بِخَوعى وَأَمسى بِاللِياحِ اِختِلالُها

How did she come to us when the mounts were tethered

At dusk, made unsteady by the winds?

وَكَيفَ أَتَتنا وَهيَ عَهدي كَثيرَةٌ

عَنِ البَيتِ بَيتِ الجارَتَينِ اِعتِلالُها

How did she come to us when it had been so long

Since she left the house of the two neighbors?

وَما أَنصَفَتنا أَن يَكونَ نَوالُها

لِغَيري وَأَن يَعتادَ جِسمي خَيالُها

It was unfair that her affection would be

For another, and that my body would miss her shadow.

دَعي العَطفَ وَالشَكوى إِلَيَّ فَإِنَّها

جُموعٌ مِنَ الحاجاتِ يُرجى نَوالُها

Leave off longing and complaining to me, for they

Are crowds of needs, hoping for her gift.