1. خذوا بدمي لؤلؤَ المبتَسم

    وسحرَ العيون ونَظْمَ الكَلِمْ

    Take, in requital for my blood, the pearls of the smile,

    and the eyes’ enchantment and the stringing of words.

  2. ودونكُم شادِناً وجهُه

    كشمس النهار وبدر الظُّلِمْ

    And take a young gazelle whose face

    is like the daytime sun and the full moon in darkness.

  3. له صَوْلَجان كلون الظلامِ

    على وجنة مثلِ لون العَنَم

    He has a polo mallet the color of darkness,

    on a cheek as red as the ʿanam tree.

  4. وقولوا لمن سَفَكتْ مهجتي

    بوهم الظُّنون وسوء التُّهَم

    And say to her who shed my lifeblood

    through delusive suspicions and malicious accusations:

  5. أحَلْتِ على الصُّدغ قتلَ المحبِّ

    وعيناك ضرَّجَتاه بدَم

    You blamed the temple-lock for killing the lover,

    while your two eyes stained him with blood.

  6. نعَمْ عقربُ الصُّدغ لدّاغةٌ

    وليس لها غيرَ عينيك سَمْ

    Yes, the temple-lock’s scorpion stings fiercely,

    and it has no venom other than your two eyes.