حَلَفتُ لَها بِالبُدنِ تَدمى نُحورُها

لَقَد شَقِيَت نَفسي بِكُم وَعُنيتُ

I swore to her by the bodies with bleeding necks,

Indeed my soul has suffered because of you and I became weary.

حَلَفتُ يَميناً يا بُثَينَةُ صادِقاً

فَإِن كُنتُ فيها كاذِباً فَعَميتُ

I swore an oath sincerely, O Buthaina,

So if I were lying in it, then I became blind.

إِذا كانَ جِلدٌ غَيرُ جِلدِكِ مَسَّني

وَباشَرَني دونَ الشِعارِ شَريتُ

If any skin other than yours touched me

And caressed me below the waist, I became senile.

وَلَو أَنَّ داعٍ مِنكِ يَدعو جِنازَتي

وَكُنتُ عَلى أَيدي الرِجالِ حَيِيتُ

And if a caller from you called out my funeral,

And I was in the hands of men, I would come back to life.