ذَكَرتُكِ يَومَ القَصرِ قَصرِ اِبنِ عامِرٍ

بِخُمٍّ وَهاجَت عَبرَةُ العَينِ تَسكُبُ

I remembered you at the palace, the palace of Ibn Aamir

With yearning, and tears flowed copiously from my eyes

فَظِلتُ وَظَلَّت أَينُقٌ بِرِحالِها

ضَوامِرُ يَستَأنينَ أَيّانَ أَركَبُ

So I remained, while the she-camels remained, at their station

Saddled she-camels awaiting when I will mount and ride

أُحَدِّثُ نَفسي وَالأَحاديثُ جَمَّةٌ

وَأَكبَرُ هَمّي وَالأَحاديثِ زَينَبُ

I talk to myself, and my words are many

And my biggest worry, and my words, is Zaynab

إِذا طَلَعَت شَمسُ النَهارِ ذَكَرتُها

وَأُحدِثُ ذِكراها إِذا الشَمسُ تَغرُبُ

When the sun of day rises, I remember her

And I reminisce about her when the sun sets

وَإِنَّ لَها دونَ النِساءِ لَصُحبَتي

وَحِفظِيَ وَالأَشعارِ حينَ أُشَبَّبُ

She is special to me, beyond all women

In my preservation, and poetry, whenever I compose

وَإِنَّ الَّذي يَبغي رِضايَ بِذِكرِها

إِلَيَّ وَإِعجابي بِها يَتَحَبَّبُ

Indeed, he who wants my pleasure by mentioning her

To me, and my admiration of her, makes himself beloved

إِذا خَلَجَت عَيني أَقولُ لَعَلَّها

لِرُؤيَتِها تَهتاجُ عَيني وَتَضرِبُ

When my eye twitches, I say perhaps

It twitches to see her, and flutters for that

إِذا خَدِرَت رِجلي أَبوحُ بِذِكرِها

لِيَذهَبُ عَن رِجلي الخُدورُ فَيَذهَبُ

When my legs grow numb, I confess in remembering her

So that the numbness may leave my legs and depart