1. أقبلَ العِيدُ فابْتَدَرْتُ مُهِلّاً

    نَحْوَ أُمَّ العَزيزِ أبغي احتِسابا

    Eid arrived, and I hastened, chanting praises,

    Toward Umm al-ʿAzīz, seeking divine reward.

  2. أُخت ظَبيِ الفَلاةِ لمْ تَنْظُمِ الحَلْ

    يَ ولم تَرْقُمِ البَنانَ خِضابا

    Sister to the desert gazelle, she had strung no jewels,

    Nor had she painted her fingertips with henna.

  3. عانَقَتْني وقَبَّلَتْني وَقالتْ

    قَدَّسَ اللهُ مِنْ خُطاكَ تُرابا

    She embraced me, kissed me, and said:

    “May God hallow the dust of your footsteps!”

  4. فاعْتَنَقْتُ القَضيبَ مِنها قَواماً

    وارتَشَفْتُ الرَّحيقَ مِنْها رُضابا

    So I embraced her figure, a slender branch,

    And sipped the nectar of her lips.

  5. لَيْتَني لَمْ أمُدَّ خَطواً إلَيْها

    فَتَنَتْني فصارَ أجْرِي عَذابا

    Would that I had not taken a step toward her!

    She bewitched me, and my reward became torment.