1. ذكرتك بالريحانِ والراحِ ذِكْرَةً

    مُرَدَّدَةً كادت لها النفسُ تُزْهَقُ

    Amid sweet basil and wine, I remembered you,

    again and again, till my soul nearly departed.

  2. فلما تناولن الغِناءَ شوادِيا

    وأَتْبَعَ مَزْموماً من الضَّرْبِ مُطْلَقُ

    And when the songstresses took up their singing,

    and a free rhythm followed a restrained one,

  3. تَتَبَّعتِ العينانِ شَخْصَكِ فِيهم

    فلما نأَى ظَلَّتْ دُموعِي تَرَقْرَق

    my eyes followed your figure among them;

    when it grew distant, my tears kept welling.

  4. إلى الله أشكو فَقْدَها مِثْلَ ما شَكا

    إلى الله فَقْدَ الماءِ عَطْشانُ مُوثَقُ

    To God I lament her loss, just as

    a thirsty man in bonds lamented his lack of water to God.

  5. كأن فؤادي مُنْذُ بان بِها الرَّدَى

    جَناحٌ وَهَتْ أَجْزاؤُه فَهْو يَخْفُقُ

    It is as though my heart, since death bore her away,

    were a wing whose parts have weakened, and so it flutters.