1. Do not exceed in the sharply twisted ʿuqayq,
A stream dropping down the plain hurriedly.

2. And may God water with the bending valley a house
Which gathered us together in cheer and at night.

3. And a morning breeze wandered about it
A Najdi one trailing its tail in the meadow.

4. A perfume that does not cease galloping in the robe
Of those tresses for the softly-walking horses.

5. O my friend stop for an hour and weep for me
Over that home and the tribe and the palms.

6. Four for youth: long ago we vowed
To foster it there, and for us children were reared.

7. And beautifully mannered like the gaze of the wild cow,
My bending over and the branch's inclination and bend.

8. Who makes the night into day on my forehead
And makes the day by my hair into night.

9. A niggard with illusion who has not flowed from it
A downpour which asks union for a channel.

10. I have a body from his waist and my sickness
Is weaker in strength and more feeble in stratagem.