Hobbee takhallak fee läyáli-l-’eedi.
Nedren ’aleiya wa-n atánee seedee
La-amal ’amáyil má ’amilhásh ’Antar.”
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My love hath perfumed herself on the nights of the festival.
I vow that, if my mistress come to me,
I will do deeds that ’Antar did not.