1. The morning breeze toyed with the slender boughs
My tears flowed and disturbed my sleep

2. The glittering lightning on embers
Rekindled my longing and sorrow

3. The clouds crowded the slopes of four-peaked Rama
Tossed by the four winds

4. The showers from Al-Muzn’s clouds watered
That plateau of Huzwa and those hills of La’la’

5. Sturdy in build is the Wanderer in her dark cloak
That still mocks the unsheathed swords

6. As we stopped one morn by the winding pass
To weep for the band that would soon depart

7. Their tents on many-hilled Ayss
Seemed like the humps of pregnant camels

8. My patience betrayed me not after they left
On the day of parting, if only my heart had gone with me

9. They walked away, their guide ahead
Changing places from last to first

10. Never so fertile their land, even if
Watered whenever parched, by my tears