وغادةٍ أنحل جسمي خصرها

وغادةٍ أنحل جسمي خصرها

وكانَ جسمي قبل مرآها نحيل

وكانَ جسمي قبل مرآها نحيل

And a graceful maiden—her waist made my body waste away;

With a swaying gait my body melted for her waist

And my body was thin before I saw her.

Though before I saw her my body was frail

وطولت همل بطول شعرها

وطولت همل بطول شعرها

فقلتُ ذا يا شعرها همّ طويل

فقلتُ ذا يا شعرها همّ طويل

And she prolonged [my sorrow?] with the length of her hair;

I grew worried with the length of her hair

So I said, 'This, O hair of hers, is a long sorrow.'

So I said, oh her hair, what a prolonged worry