1. More determined than the night’s darkness, grief
Two gloomy clouds, with scowling face

2. Then the breasts of a camel long since milked; no nourishment left behind
Two jujube trees, but no sweetness within

3. When I see a person of beauty among the tribe
As you are greeted, blessings abound

4. For her affection is pure, and to see her
A wish fulfilled, her words reward

5. Graceful, though unsteady her gait
Feeble, her body slight of frame

6. Bashful and restless, her gown wraps her
The vigor of youth, her bones slim

7. As if a slave girl caresses her
Beneath clothes, when stars shine bright

8. O night, your loss is a man
Who brought peace, greetings in the darkness

9. You dismissed him, though he sought your safety
So let him be, when peace he conveyed