يا ثُرَيّا الفُؤادِ رُدّي السَلاما

وَصِلينا وَلا تَبُتّي الزِمامَ

O Thurayya of my heart, return my greetings,

And join us, do not sever the bond,

وَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ المَطارِفِ وَالوَب

لِ وَإِرسالَنا إِلَيكِ الغُلاما

And remember the night of parting and tears shed,

When we sent the boy to you with a message,

بِحَديثٍ إِن أَنتِ لَم تَقبَليهِ

لَم أُنازِعكِ ما حَيِيتُ الكَلاما

With talk - if you do not accept it,

I will not dispute you as long as I live to speak,

وَاِذكُري مَجلِساً لَدى جانِبِ القَص

رِ عَشيّاً وَمُقسَمي أَقساما

And remember a sitting by the palace side at night,

And my vows in parts,

في لَيالٍ مِنهُنَّ لَيَلةَ باتَت

ناقَتي والِهاً تَجُرُّ الزِماما

On nights one of which my she-camel spent the night walking to you,

The rain washing off her saddle - I do not care

يَغسِلُ القَطرُ رَحلَها لا أُبالي

أَن تَبُلَّ السَماءُ عَضباً حُساما

If the clouds pour down angrily,

Whether you moved away or the covenant passed,

إِن تَكوني نَزَحتِ أَو قَدُمَ العَه

دُ فَما زايلَ الوِدادُ العِظاما

Love for you does not leave my bones,

Who could forget - she did not forget him

مَن يَكُن ناسِياً فَلَم أَنسَ مِنها

وَهيَ تُذري لِذاكَ دَمعاً سِجاما

And she sheds for him a copious tear,

The day she said, her tears washing her cheek:

يَومَ قالَت وَدَمعُها يَغسِلُ الكُح

لَ أَرَدتَ الغَداةَ مِنّا اِنصِراما

"In the morning you wanted to leave us"

You broke your vow to us and obeyed

حُلتَ عَن عَهدِنا وَطاوَعتَ حُسّا

داً قَديماً كانوا عَلَيكَ رِغاما

An envious one who had always hated you,

I said: "You did not desire this, nor did I obey the slanderer"

قُلتُ لَم تُصرَمي وَلَم نُطِعِ الوا

شي وَقَد زِدتِ ذا الفُؤادَ غَراما

And indeed you increased this heart in passion.