1. وافَت وَوَفَت وَعدَها

    في لَيلَةٍ مَبروكَه

    She arrived and kept her promise

    on a blessed night.

  2. جاءَت بِثَوبٍ كَريشَةٍ

    وَعُصبَةٍ مَحبوكَه

    She came in a gown like a feather

    and a tightly woven headband.

  3. الحَبَّةُ الخَضراءُ عَلى

    وَجَناتِها مَسبوكَه

    The green bead upon

    her cheeks is cast.

  4. وَالقامَةُ السُمرُ أَغدَت

    بِكَثيبِها مَنهوكَه

    And her figure left the dusky spears

    worn out by her dune-like mound.

  5. وَلِحاظِها قَد أَصبَحَت

    في مُهجَتي مَشبوكَه

    And her glances have become

    entangled in my heart's core.

  6. وَمَدامِعي مِن أَجلِها

    مَعَ نُطفَتي مَسفوكَه

    And my tears, for her sake,

    are spilled along with my semen.

  7. شَبَّهتُ سَرَّتُها الَّتي

    نَفسي بِها مَهتوكَه

    I likened her navel, which

    has left my soul ravished,

  8. آثارُ كَعبٍ عَلِمَت

    في كَسبِهِ مَدموكَه

    to heelprints she knew,

    pressed into his oilcake.

  9. فيما يَليها قُبَّةٌ

    مِن حَلبَةٍ مَفروكَه

    Below it lies a dome

    of crumbled fenugreek.