1. أَبرَكتَ يا بَرَكاتُ راحِلَةَ الهَوى

    مِن مُهجَتي في أَبرَكِ الأَوطانِ

    You have made love’s she-camel kneel, O Barakat,

    Within my soul, in the most blessed of homelands.

  2. فَأَسَمتَها في مَريعٍ مِن طاعَتي

    وَجَدَتهُ غَيرَ مَرابِعِ العِصيانِ

    Then you let her graze in the lush pasture of my obedience;

    She found it unlike the pastures of rebellion.

  3. فَبِجَوهَرِ الحُسنِ الَّذي تَجلو بِهِ

    خَدَّيكَ مِن سَبَجٍ وَمِن مَرجانِ

    So, by beauty’s gems, with which you brighten

    Your cheeks—jet and coral—

  4. إِن أَنتَ أَخلَيتَ المَوَدَّةَ مِن رِضىً

    يَسطو الوِصالَ بِهِ عَلى الهِجرانِ

    You have not left affection bereft of favor

    Through which union prevails over estrangement.