1. إِنَّ الحَبيبَ تَرَوَّحَت أَجمالُهُ

    أُصُلاً فَدَمعُكَ دائِمٌ إِسبالُهُ

    Indeed, the beloved’s camels have departed

    in the late afternoon, so your tears stream without cease.

  2. إِقنِ الحَياءَ فَقَد بَكَيتَ بِعَولَةٍ

    إِن كانَ يَنفَعُ باكِياً إِعوالُهُ

    Hold to modesty, for you have already wept aloud,

    if a weeper’s wailing can do him any good.

  3. قَد راحَ في تِلكَ الحُمُولِ عَشِيَّةً

    شَخصٌ يَسُرُّكَ حُسنُهُ وَجَمالُهُ

    Among those laden camels at evening went

    a figure whose loveliness and beauty delight you:

  4. شَخص غَضيض الطَرف مضطم الحَشا

    عَبل المدملج مشبع خلخاله

    a figure with downcast gaze and a slender waist,

    full-fleshed beneath the armlet, his ankle filling his anklet.

  5. يا حَبَّذا تِلكَ الحُمُولُ وَحَبَّذا

    شَخصٌ هُناكَ وَحَبَّذا أَمثالُهُ

    Oh, how dear are those laden camels, and how dear

    a figure there—and how dear are others like him!