لَبِسَ الظَلامَ إِلَيكِ مُكتَتِماً

خَفِراً لِحاجَةِ آلِفٍ صَبِّ

The darkness donned to you concealing

A guard for the need of thousands rallying

لَمَعَت بِأَطرافِ البَنانِ لَنا

إِنّا نُحاذِرُ أَعيُنَ الرَكبِ

At the edges of the peaks there shone for us

Beware we do the eyes of the convoy prying

اِرجَع وَرَدِّد طَرفَ تابِعِنا

حَتّى يُجَدَّدَ دارِسُ الحُبِّ

Return and turn the gaze of our scout

Until the lover spying is renewed

فَإِذا شُخوصٌ كُنتُ أَعرِفُها

في المِسكِ وَالأَكباشِ وَالعَصبِ

When figures I knew were approaching

With musk, sheepskins and headbands vying

تَمشي الضَراءَ عَلى بَهينَتِها

تَبدو غَضاضَتُها مِنَ الإِتبِ

Distress walked in its glory

Its torment from toil appearing

قالَت أُمَامَةُ يَومَ زَورَتِها

قَولَ المُؤارِبِ غَيرِ ذي عَتبِ

Umamah said when she visited

The words of the complainer no blame implying

هَذا الَّذي لَجَّ البُعادُ بِهِ

ما كانَ عَن رَأيٍ وَلا لُبِّ

He whom distance has secluded

Not by plan or heart complying

باعَ الصَديقُ بِوُدِّ غائِبَةٍ

بِالشامِ في مُتَمَنِّعٍ صَعبِ

The friend sold with love of an absent one

In Damascus a retreat denying

لا تُهلِكيني في عَذابِكُمُ

فَاللَهُ يَعلَمُ غائِبَ القَلبِ

Destroy me not in your torments

For God knows the heart in hiding