1. My heart found no peace or rest
Except in love of the doe-eyed maiden

2. Of rosy cheek and graceful neck
Of lips like rosebuds, perfect and refined

3. The soul's beloved in the homeland
Yet she made no promises binding

4. If she turned to me, time was joyful
If she turned away, existence confined

5. Send her my message in Saada
To give me assurance and respite

6. He who leaves her even for a day
May find acceptance and repose

7. For yearning in me swells and grows
Among nomads and townsmen alike

8. Troubling my eyes and my white hairs
Souring my drink and my flowers alike

9. You have wronged me, O graceful gazelle
Though I am no unjust tyrant

10. In union or separation from you
O beauty of capricious temperament

11. I complain to God of Majesty
For with Him all disputes find judgment

12. In public and private we implore Him
His boundless generosity to present

13. And now my words draw to an end
Said by the worthless weak complainer

14. Peace upon the hill and its people
Going to the generous lord

15. With the soil of the honored nobles
In the valley of Edeid in Tareem

16. We found in this abode
Only joys and welcomes abound

17. My youth is gone and old age has come
Gray hair appearing on every head

18. Signaling the time is nigh to depart
And journey to the final mounds

19. Perhaps, just maybe, solace can be found
Forgiveness from the Maker of souls

20. Safety and blessings we may yet surround
And triumph in paradise for all days