1. أهلٌ لَكَ في إِغاثَةِ مُستَهامِ

    يُقادُ إِلى الغَرامِ بِلا زِمامِ

    Will you aid one distraught with love,

    Who is led into passion without a rein?

  2. تَعَرَّضَ بِالخِيامِ عَلى زَرودٍ

    فَراحَ وَقَلبُهُ بَينَ الخِيامِ

    He approached the tents at Zarūd,

    Then departed, his heart remaining among the tents.

  3. عَريبُ الحَيِّ كَيفَ تُبيحُ قَتلي

    أَلَيسَ العَربُ تُعرَفُ بِالذِمامِ

    ʿArīb of the clan, how can you permit my killing?

    Are the Arabs not known for honoring pledges?

  4. سَأَلتُكَ يا نَسيمَ الريحِ بَلِّغ

    إِلى سُعدى بِكاظِمَةٍ سَلامي

    I implore you, O breeze of the wind: convey

    My greeting to Suʿdā in Kāẓima.

  5. تَمَلَّكَ مُهجَتي رَشَأَ غَريرٌ

    رَحيمُ الدَلِّ مَمشوقُ القَوامِ

    A guileless fawn has taken possession of my heart,

    Tender in his coquetry, slender of stature.

  6. أَراقَ دَمي وَكانَ دَمي حَراماً

    فَوا عَجَباهُ مِن حِلِّ الحَرامِ

    He spilled my blood, though my blood was inviolable;

    Oh, the wonder of making the forbidden lawful!

  7. لِطَيفِكُم المُحَجَّبُ في فُؤادي

    مَرامٍ بِاللَواحِظِ وَالسِهامِ

    Your veiled apparition has, within my heart,

    Targets for its sidelong glances and arrows.

  8. فَيَومٌ مَن جَفاكَ كاأِفِ شَهرٍ

    وَشَهرٌ لَو عَلِمتَ كَألفِ عامِ

    So one day of your estrangement is like a thousand months,

    And one month, if you knew, like a thousand years.

  9. سَلامُ اللَهِ ما لَمَعَت بُروقٌ

    عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَسمَحُ بِالسَلامِ

    God's peace, as long as lightning flashes,

    Upon the one who will not offer a greeting.