أُبادِرُ شَوّالاً بِظَبيَةَ إِنَّني

أُبادِرُ شَوّالاً بِظَبيَةَ إِنَّني

أَتَتني بِها الأَهواءُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

أَتَتني بِها الأَهواءُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

I hasten ahead of Shawwal with Ẓabya; indeed,

I hasten to Shawwal with a gazelle

Passions have brought her to me from every side—

The winds have brought her to me from all directions

بِمالِئَةِ الحِجلَينِ لَو أَنَّ مَيِّتاً

بِمالِئَةِ الحِجلَينِ لَو أَنَّ مَيِّتاً

وَإِن كانَ في الأَكفانِ تَحتَ النَصائِبِ

وَإِن كانَ في الأَكفانِ تَحتَ النَصائِبِ

With one who fills both anklets: if a dead man,

With her thighs fully fleshed, if she called a dead man -

Even though he lay in shrouds beneath the gravestones,

Even if he were in his shroud beneath the tombstones -

دَعَتهُ لِأَلقى التُربَ عَنهُ اِنتِفاضَهُ

دَعَتهُ لِأَلقى التُربَ عَنهُ اِنتِفاضَهُ

وَلَو كانَ تَحتَ الراسِياتِ الرَواسِبِ

وَلَو كانَ تَحتَ الراسِياتِ الرَواسِبِ

Were called by her, his stirring would fling the earth off him,

He would shake off the dust to go to her

Even if he lay beneath firmly rooted, deep-set mountains.

Even if he were beneath firmly lodged stones.