Ṭayba hath a gazelle from whose witching eye

Ṭayba hath a gazelle from whose witching eye (glances like) the edge of a keen blade are drawn,
And at ‘Arafát I perceived what she desired and I was not patient,
And on the night of Jam‘ we had union with her, such as is mentioned in the proverb.
The girl's oath is false: do not confide in that which betrays.
The wish I gained at Miná, would that it might continue to the last hour of my life!
In La‘la‘ I was transported with love for her who displays to thee the splendour of the bright moon.
She shot Ráma and inclined to dalliance at aṣ-Ṣabá and removed the interdiction at al-Hájir.
And she watched a lightning-gleam over Báriq with a glance swifter than a thought that passes in the mind.
And the waters of al-Ghaḍá were diminished by a blazing fire which passion kindled within his ribs.
And she appeared at the bán tree of an-Naqá and chose (for her adornment) the choicest of its superb hidden pearls.
And at Dhát al-Aḍá she turned backward in dread of the lurking lion.
At Dhú Salam she surrendered my life-blood to her murderous languishing glance.
She stood on guard at the guarded pasture and bent at the sand-bend, swayed by her all-cancelling decisive resolution.
And at ‘Álij she managed her affair (in such a way) that she might escape from the claw of the bird.
Her Khawarnaq rends the sky and towers beyond the vision of the observer.