دَعاني إِلى أَسماءَ عَن غَيرِ مَوعِدٍ

صُروفُ مَنايا كانَ وَقفاً حِمامُها

She called me to Asma without prior notice

The turns of fate paused her pigeons mid-flight

فَلَمّا اِلتَقَينا شَفَّ بُردٌ مُحَقَّقٌ

عَنِ الشَمسِ جَلّى يَومَ دَجنٍ غَمامُها

When we met, a definite coolness was felt

Dispelling the sun on a gloomy day

وَقُلنَ لَها وَالعَينُ حَولَكِ جَمَّةٌ

وَمِثلُكِ بادٍ مُستَشارٌ مَقامُها

We told her, with eyes all around you

One like you, whose place is consulted

أَيَخفى لَنا وَلِلمُغيريِّ مَجلِسٌ

فَإِنَّ النَوى كانَت قَليلاً لِمامُها

Can a gathering with us and the young man be hidden

When intentions were few for gathering them

بِنا وَبِهِ فَاِربَعنَ نَعهَد مُسَلِّماً

عَسى أَن يُقَضّى مِن نُفوسٌ سَقامُها

Let four of us covenant submitting

That perhaps distressed souls may find remedy

فَقُلنَ عِديهِ دُلجَةَ الرَكبِ إِنَّهُ

سَيَستُرُنا مِن عَينِ أَرضٍ ظَلامُها

We told her guide the caravan in the night

It will hide us from the eye of a dark land