1. مَنِ البَكَراتِ عِراقِيَّةٌ

    تُسَمّى سُبَيعَةَ أَطرَيتُها

    Among the Bakra women is an Iraqi woman,

    called Subayʿa, whom I have extolled.

  2. مِن آلِ أَبي بَكرَةَ الأَكرَمينَ

    خَصَصتُ بِوِدّي فَأَصفَيتُها

    From the most noble family of Abu Bakra,

    I singled her out for my affection and gave her my pure devotion.

  3. وَمِن حُبِّها زُرتُ أَهلَ العِراقِ

    وَأَسخَطتُ أَهلي وَأَرضَيتُها

    And for love of her I visited the people of Iraq,

    and angered my family and pleased her.

  4. أَموتُ إِذا شَحَطَت دارُها

    وَأَحيا إِذا أَنا لاقَيتُها

    I die when her home is far away,

    and I live when I meet her.

  5. فَأُقسِمُ لَو أَنَّ ما بي بِها

    وَكُنتُ الطَبيبَ لَداوَيتُها

    So I swear, if she suffered what I suffer,

    and I were the physician, I would treat her.