1. هَيَّجَ الدَّاء في فُؤادِكَ حُورٌ

    ناعِماتٌ بِجانِبِ الِملطَاطِ

    Fair-eyed women stirred the ache in your heart,

    soft and graceful beside al-Milṭāṭ.

  2. آنِسَاتُ الَحديثِ في غَيرِ فُحشٍ

    رافِعاتٌ جَوانِبَ الفِسطاطِ

    Companions in conversation, free of indecency,

    lifting the sides of the pavilion,

  3. ثِانيَاتٌ قَطائِفَ الخَزِّ والدِّي

    باَجِ فَوقَ الخُدُورِ والأَنماطِ

    folding velvet coverlets and brocade

    above the curtained chambers and patterned cloths.

  4. مُوقَراتٌ منَ اللُّحُوم وفيهَا

    لُطُفٌ في البنَانِ والأَوساطِ

    Full in flesh, yet possessed

    of delicate fingers and slender waists.

  5. شَدَّ مَا ساءَنا حُداةٌ تَوَلَّوا

    حِينَ حَثُّوا نِعالَها بِالسٍّياطِ

    How deeply it grieved us when the drivers departed,

    urging their mounts onward with whips.

  6. فَرَّقَ اللهُ بَينَهُم مِن حُداةٍ

    واستَفادُوا حُمَّى مَكانَ النَّشاطِ

    May God scatter those drivers

    and give them fever in place of vigor,

  7. مِثلَ ما هَيَّجُوا فُؤادي فأَمسىَ

    هائماً بَعدَ نِعمَةِ الإِغِتباطِ

    just as they stirred my heart, leaving it

    restless after the blessing of contentment.