1. ألَحْظُكَ أم سَيْفُ عَمْرو أُعِيدا

    لقَدْ جنّدَ الحُسْنُ فيكَ الجُنودا

    Is it your glance, or ʿAmr’s sword brought back?

    Beauty has indeed mustered its armies in you.

  2. تبدّى مُحيّاكَ تحْتَ الدُّجى

    فخَرّ العَواذِلُ طُرّاً سُجودا

    Your face appeared beneath the darkness,

    So all the reproaching women fell prostrate.

  3. أُناشِدُكَ اللّهَ في مُغْرَمٍ

    أحَلْتَ عليْهِ الجَفا والصُّدودا

    I beseech you by God for a lovesick man

    Upon whom you have inflicted coldness and rejection.

  4. إذا هَطَلَتْ سُحْبُ أجْفانِهِ

    نَثَرْنَ على الخدِّ دُرّاً فَريدا

    When the clouds of his eyelids pour down,

    They scatter unstrung pearls upon his cheek.

  5. فلَوْ كُنْتَ تَقْبَلُ منّي الرُّشا

    لحَلّيْتُ جِيدَكَ منْهُ عُقودا

    So if you would accept bribes from me,

    I would adorn your neck with necklaces of those pearls.

  6. ولَوَجَدْتَ بالقُرْبِ بعْدَ النّوى

    أعَدْتَ مُعنّاكَ خَلْقاً جَديدا

    And if you granted nearness after separation,

    You would remake your tormented lover as a new creation.

  7. فتُدْخِلُني للرّضى جنّةً

    وتُصْلي حَسودي ناراً وَقودا

    Thus you would admit me into a paradise of favor,

    And make my envier burn in a blazing fire.