1. بِالرُّوح منِّي أفتَدِي

    عَبدَ العزِيز سيِّدي

    With my own soul I would ransom

    Abd al-Aziz, my lord,

  2. ذاك المُهَفهَف الذِي

    أضنَى هوَاه جَسَدِي

    That slender-waisted one whose

    Love has wasted my body.

  3. إِن متُّ في غَرامِه

    لا تَطلُبوه قَوَدِي

    If I die of love for him,

    Do not pursue him in vengeance for my death.

  4. قَوَامُه وخدُّه

    غُصنٌ به ورَدٌ نَدِي

    His stature and his cheek

    Are a branch bearing a dewy rose.

  5. عبدُ العزيز جِيدُه

    جِيدُ الغزَال الأَغيَدِ

    Abd al-Aziz—his neck

    Is the neck of a graceful gazelle.

  6. عبد العزيز قدُّه

    قدُّ القَضيبِ الأملَدِ

    Abd al-Aziz—his figure

    Is that of a supple branch.

  7. عبد العزيز وَجهُه

    يُنيرُ مثلَ الفرقَدِ

    Abd al-Aziz—his face

    Shines like Farqad.

  8. عبدُ العزيزِ ريقُه

    إن كان عذبا بَارِدا

    Abd al-Aziz—his saliva,

    If it is sweet and cool,

  9. فَهُو ذوبُ البَرَدِ

    عبد العزيزِ أفتدي

    Then it is melted hail.

    Abd al-Aziz I would ransom

  10. بما به لا أفتَدِي

    With what I would not give in ransom.