أَبا عَمروٍ مَتى تَقضي اللَيالي

بِلُقياكُم وَهُنَّ قَصَصنَ رِيشي

O Abu Amr, when will the nights end

with me seeing you all, while they have plucked my feathers?

أَبَت نَفسي هَوىً إِلّا شَريشا

وَيا بُعدَ الجَزيرَةِ مِن شَريشِ

My soul refused any love but Sharisha’s,

and O, how far is the island from Sharisha!