1. يا هاجراً متعرِّضاً

    لا تُسْمِتنّ بنا الرضا

    O you who shun me, yet seek my notice,

    do not let contentment gloat over us [wording uncertain].

  2. تأتِي صدودَك عامداً

    متعرِّضاً متمرِّضا

    You turn away deliberately,

    courting attention, feigning illness.

  3. بَرِّد بلثمك قلبَ مَن

    أسكنتَه جَمْرَ الغضا

    Cool with your kiss the heart of one

    whom you have lodged among ghada-wood embers.

  4. بأبي أدِيمُك ما أغضْ

    ضَ وما أرقَّ وأبيضا

    My father be ransom for your skin—how supple,

    how delicate and white!

  5. لو أن خدّك كان وَرْ

    دا للتّحايا ما انقضى

    If your cheek were a rose

    offered in greeting, it would never wither.

  6. ولَو أن شَعْرك كان حس

    ناءَ العذارَى ما نضا

    And were your hair the fairest

    of maidens, she would never fade.

  7. يا حبَّذا تفّاحُ خدْ

    دَك مُذْهَبا ومفضّضا

    Ah, how lovely the apple of your cheek,

    gilded and silvered,

  8. وقضيبُ قدِّك مائسا

    وحسامُ طرفِك منتضى

    and the bough of your figure, swaying,

    and the sword of your glance, unsheathed.