1. يا خَليليَّ قِفا تَحْ

    تَ ظِلالِ السَمُراتِ

    O my two friends, stop beneath

    the shade of the acacia trees,

  2. وَأَعيرانيَ طَرْفاً

    شَرِقاً بالعَبَراتِ

    and lend me an eye

    choked with tears.

  3. فَمِن الخَيْفِ بَدَت ظَمْ

    ياءُ تَرمِي الجَمَراتِ

    For from al-Khayf appeared a dark-lipped

    maiden casting the ritual pebbles,

  4. في عَذارى بِجَلابي

    بِ الدُّجَى مُعتَجِراتِ

    among maidens, in cloaks

    of darkness wrapped about their heads,

  5. ثَمِلاتِ الخَطوِ يَسحَبْ

    نَ ذُيولَ الحِبَراتِ

    drunken of step, trailing

    the hems of their striped robes.

  6. فَتَرَكنَ القَلبَ يَشكو

    ما جَنَتْهُ نَظَراتِي

    So they left my heart complaining

    of what my glances had wrought.