قالَت ثُرَيّا لَأَترابٍ لَها قُطُفٍ

قُمنَ نُحَيِّي أَبا الخَطّابِ مِن كَثَبِ

Thurayya said to her friends with picked fruit,

"Arise, let us greet Abu al-Khattab from the mound,

فَطِرنَ حَبّاً لِما قالَت وَشايَعَها

مِثلُ التَماثيلِ قَد مُوِّهنَ بِالذَهَبِ

So break into love on account of what she said and its circulation

Like gilded statues,

يَرفُلنَ في مِطرَفاتِ السوسِ آوِنَةً

وَفي العَتيقِ مِنَ الديباجِ وَالقَصَبِ

Wearing silk robes

And brocade and damask silk.

تَرى عَلَيهِنَّ حَليَ الدُرِّ مُتَّسِقاً

مَعَ الزَبَرجَدِ وَالياقوتِ كَالشُهُبِ

You see jewelry studded with pearls upon them

Along with emeralds and ruby like embers,

قالَت لَهُنَّ فَتاةٌ كُنتُ أَحسَبُها

غَريرَةً بِرَجيعِ القَولِ وَاللَعِبِ

A girl said to them I thought was

Flirtatious in her speech and play,

هَذا مَقامُ شُنوعٍ لا خَفاءَ بِهِ

أَلا تَخَفنَ مِنَ الأَعداءِ وَالرُقُبِ

"This is an open, public place—no concealment in it!

Do you not fear enemies and slavery?"