1. غرّدَت فوق غُصنِها الأملودِ

    فاستثارت هوى الفؤادِ العَميدِ

    She warbled atop her supple bough,

    And stirred the longing of the love-stricken heart.

  2. ذاتُ طَوقٍ تَقَلَّدَت بحُلاهُ

    فوقَ نحرٍ وذاتُ عِقدٍ بجيدٍ

    A collared one, adorned with its ornaments

    Above her breast, and with a necklace round her neck.

  3. كَتَمَت وَجهَها زَماناً فلما

    عَرَفُوها تَسَترت بالعقودِ

    She hid her face for a time; then, when

    They recognized her, she veiled herself with necklaces.

  4. كدت أنسى تلك العهودَ ولكن

    ذكرتني وما نسيتُ عُهودي

    I nearly forgot those pledges, but

    She reminded me—and I had not forgotten my pledges.

  5. ذكرتني أيام لهوي وأنسى

    بمهاة لمياء كالغصن رود

    She reminded me of my days of merriment and delight

    With a dark-lipped oryx, supple as a bough.

  6. ظبيةٌ تأسِرُ الأُسود وكان ال

    عَهدُ أن الظباءَ أسرى الأُسودِ

    A gazelle who captures lions, though it was the

    Custom that gazelles were the lions' captives.

  7. من له في الورى كعثمانَ جدٌ

    وأبٌ ماجدٌ كعبدِ المجيد

    Who among humankind has a forefather like Uthman

    And a noble father like Abd al-Majid?

  8. واحدٌ في عُلاهُ فردٌ ولكن

    جمعَ اللَه فيه كل الوجود

    Unique in his eminence, peerless, yet

    God gathered in him all existence.