1. O home of the fair maidens
Between Sanaa and Marib

2. Good fortune smiled on you one dawn
And rain poured down in torrents

3. Like a defeated army in retreat
Pelted with stones

4. Amidst cries of joy and trilling tongues
And stamping of feet

5. Home of one graced with glory
Whose ropes creak under the weight

6. The smooth cheek of a fawn
Grazing on the tips of branches

7. One whose love is absent from you
Yet present like one who is absent

8. Perhaps in ambush or lying in wait
A bow ever ready to shoot arrows

9. I approached you
Protected by impenetrable armor

10. I have with me only a sharp sword
By God, it shall defend me