1. قُل لِهِندٍ وَتِربِها

    قَبلَ شَحطِ النَوى غَدا

    Say to Hind and her companion,

    before separation takes you far tomorrow:

  2. إِن تَجودي فَطالَما

    بِتُّ لَيلي مُسَهَّدا

    If you would show favor—for so often

    have I spent my night sleepless.

  3. أَنتِ في وُدِّ بَينِنا

    خَيرُ ما عِندِنا يَدا

    You, in the love between us,

    are, to us, the most open-handed of all,

  4. حينَ تُدلي مُضَفَّراً

    حالِكَ اللَونِ أَسوَدا

    when you let down a braided tress,

    pitch-dark in hue, black.