1. ولما تلاقينا على غيرِ موعدٍ

    حيالَ الصفا والتاقت العينُ بالعينِ

    And when we met without a tryst arranged,

    Facing al-Safa, and eye met eye,

  2. كسا الدمُ خديها فانكر زوجها

    مفاجأةً حمراءَ منها بخدينِ

    Blood mantled her cheeks, and her husband took offense

    At her sudden crimson blush upon both cheeks.

  3. وقال لها قومي نخل الصفا له

    وإلا رأيت الهول بين غيورينِ

    And he said to her, “Rise; let us leave al-Safa to him,

    Or else you will see horror between two jealous men.”

  4. فقالت ثريا وهي ترشق مهجتي

    بسهمين مبلولين من دمع عينين

    Then Thurayya spoke, as she shot at my heart

    With two arrows wet with the tears of two eyes.

  5. تلقاهما قلبي فسال دمي على

    ضفاف الصفا سطرين خطا بسهمين

    My heart received them both, so my blood flowed upon

    The banks of al-Safa as two lines inscribed by two arrows:

  6. أيا من حمى عني ثريا بماله

    وأعجزه التفريق ما بين قلبين

    O you who kept Thurayya from me with your wealth,

    Yet were powerless to part two hearts,

  7. قتلت ثريا باغياً وقتلتني

    وبت قتيلاً أنت بين قتيلين

    You killed Thurayya unjustly, and you killed me,

    And you yourself lay slain between two slain ones.