1. صادت فؤادي عشيةَ النفرِ

    ظبيةُ قصرٍ نأتْ عن القَفْرِ

    She captured my heart on the evening of departure—

    a palace gazelle, far removed from the wilderness.

  2. كالشمس في حسنها وبهجتها

    فإن تورّعْتَ قلتَ كالبدرِ

    Like the sun in her beauty and radiance;

    but if you held back, you would say, “Like the full moon.”

  3. لو قُلِّدت نحرها السعود من ال

    سَبعة قلَّت لذلك النحر

    If her throat were adorned with the auspicious stars among the

    seven, they would be too little for that throat;

  4. أو نُطِّقت خصرها بمنطقة ال

    جوزاء قلَّت لذلك الخصر

    or her waist were girdled with the belt of

    Orion, it would be too little for that waist.