1. اِصرِميني يا خِلقَةَ المِجدارِ

    وَصِليني بِطولِ بُعدِ المَزارِ

    Break with me, O you shaped like the mijdar [unclear term].

    And grant me closeness by staying far away for long.

  2. فَلَقَد سُمَيتي بِوَجهِكِ وَالوَص

    لِ قُروحاً أُعيتُ عَلى المِسبارِ

    For, through your face and union, you have been named [uncertain reading]—

    "Wounds"; I was at a loss with the probe.

  3. ذَقنٌ ناقِصٌ وَأَنفٌ طَويلٌ

    وَجَبينٌ كَساجَةِ القُسطارِ

    A receding chin and a long nose,

    And a forehead like a coin-assayer's plank.

  4. طالَ لَيلي بِها فَبِتُّ أُنادي

    يا لَثارِثَ مُستَضاءِ النَهارِ

    My night grew long because of her, so I spent it calling:

    O, for thārith [unclear term], the light of day!

  5. قامَةُ الفُصعُلِ الضَئيلِ وَكَفٌّ

    خِنصَراها كَذَينَقا قَصّارِ

    The stature of a puny young scorpion, and a hand

    Whose two little fingers are a fuller's mallets.