أَلَم يُسلِني نَأيُ المَزارِ صَبابَتي

أَلَم يُسلِني نَأيُ المَزارِ صَبابَتي

إِلى أُمِّ عَبدِ اللَهِ وَالنَأيُ قَد يُسلي

إِلى أُمِّ عَبدِ اللَهِ وَالنَأيُ قَد يُسلي

Has the distance to her dwelling not relieved me of my yearning

Does not the remoteness of the tomb appease my distress

for Umm Abd Allah, though distance can bring solace?

To the mother of Abdullah, though remoteness can cause distress

مِنَ المُرعِداتِ الطَرفِ تَنفُذُ عَينُها

مِنَ المُرعِداتِ الطَرفِ تَنفُذُ عَينُها

إِلى نَحوِ حَيزومِ المُجَرِّبِ ذي العَقلِ

إِلى نَحوِ حَيزومِ المُجَرِّبِ ذي العَقلِ

She is one of those who make the gaze tremble; her eye pierces

From the flashing eyes comes a gaze

toward the breast of the experienced man endowed with reason.

Towards the slender neck of the wise tester

فَلا هِيَ لانَت بَعضَ لينٍ يُصيرُها

فَلا هِيَ لانَت بَعضَ لينٍ يُصيرُها

إِلَينا وَلا أَبدَت لَنا جانِبَ البُخلِ

إِلَينا وَلا أَبدَت لَنا جانِبَ البُخلِ

Yet she neither softened with a little tenderness that would draw her

Yet she shows not to us any softness

toward us, nor showed us her ungenerous side.

Nor reveals to us any side of stinginess