أرق المُحب وَعادَهُ سَهَدُه

لِطَوارِقِ الهم الَّتي ترِدُه

The lover's wakefulness returned to him,

Due to worries that afflict him,

وَذَكَرت من رَقَّت لَهُ كَبدي

وَابى فَلَيسَ تَرِق لي كَبدُه

And I remembered how my liver softened for him,

Yet his liver does not soften for me,

لا قَومُهُ قَومي وَلا بَلَدي

فَنَكونُ حيناً جيرَة بلدُه

Neither are his people my people, nor his land my land,

So we could be neighbors in his land someday,

وَوَجدتُ وَجداً لَم يَكُن احد

قَبلي من اجل صبابَة يجدُه

And I found a passion no one before me

Had ever felt for a girl so graceful,

إِلّا اِبنُ عجلانَ الَّذي تبلت

هند فَفاتَ بِنَفسِهِ كمدُه

Except Ibn ‘Ujalān who lost himself in love

For Hind and wasted away in his yearning.