هاجَ حُزنَ القَلبِ مِنها طائِفٌ

وَهُمومٌ حاضِراتٌ وَذِكَر

Grief stirred the heart because of her, a passing whim

And pressing cares, as well as the memory,

وَمَقالُ الخَودِ لَمّا واجَهَت

جِهَةَ الرَكبِ وَعَيناها دِرَر

And the words of the cheek when she faced

The direction of the caravan, and her eyes were pearls

يا أَبا الخَطّابِ ما جَشَّمتَنا

حِجَّةً فيها عَناءٌ وَسَهَر

O Abu Al-Khattab, you have not burdened us

With an obligation wherein is toil and sleeplessness

بَعدَ بِرِّ اللَهِ إِلّا نَظرَةً

مِنكُمُ لَيسَ لَها عِندي خَطَر

Except with the righteousness of Allah, only a glance

From you that to me bears no significance

قُلتُ ما جَشَّمتِنا مِن حُبِّكُم

يا اِبنَةَ الخَيرَينِ أَدهى وَأَمَر

I said you have not burdened us with love for you

O daughter of the two best, most painful and bitter

وَلَقَد زادَ فُؤادي حَزَناً

قَولُها لي إِرعَ سِرّي يا عُمَر

And indeed my heart increased in sorrow

At her words to me, "Conceal my secret, O Omar"

قُلتُ أَنتِ الشَيءُ يُرعى سِرُّهُ

وَيُؤاتى في هَواهُ وَيُسَر

I said, "You are the thing whose secret should be concealed

And whose love should be granted, and made easy"