1. حَثُّوا الركاب فلم أجد لي حيلةً

    لرجوعهم إلّا انسكاب دموعي

    They urged the mounts onward; I found no means

    to bring them back except the outpouring of my tears.

  2. حتى إذا غدت القفار من البكا

    مثل البحار رددتهم لربوعي

    Until, when the wastelands had become, through weeping,

    like seas, I brought them back to my abodes.

  3. قومٌ صوارمهم عيون حسانهم

    وشموعهم وجنات كل شموع

    A people whose keen swords are their beauties’ eyes,

    and whose candles are the cheeks of every playful beauty.