يَقولونَ جاهِداً يا جَميلَ بِغَزوَةٍ

لِتَكسَبَ أَجراً وَالفِخارُ يَزيدُ

They say, "O Jamīl, go on a raid,

To gain reward and glory!"

فَقُلتُ كَفاني الغانِياتُ وَحَربُها

وَأَيُّ جِهادٍ غَيرَهُنَّ أُريدُ

I said, "The singing girls suffice me, warring with them,

What other struggle do I want?"

فَكُلُّ حَديتٍ بَينَهُنَّ بَشاشَةٌ

لِمُغرَمٍ أَلقى السَمعَ وَهوَ شَهيدُ

So our every conversation among them is delightful,

To a lover who inclines his hearing, though slain.

وَمَن ذا الَّذي يَأبى لَدَيهُنَّ حَتفَهُ

وَكُلُّ قَتيلٌ بَينَهُنَّ شَهيدُ

And who refuses his doom before them?

For every one slain among them is a martyr.