1. Cast off the worries that kept you awake
With the courage of a hardy traveler
١. سَلِّ الهُمومَ الَّتي باتَت مُؤَرِّقَةً
بِجَسرَةٍ كَعَلاةِ القَينِ شِملالِ
2. Loftier than the towering mountain peaks
Wandering like a lost bow of elmwood
٢. عَلياءَ نَضّاخَةِ الذِفرى مُذَكَّرَةٍ
عَيرَانَةً مِثلَ قَوسِ الفِلقَةِ الضالِ
3. As if, when she hurried off at daybreak
The caravan callers were shouting, “Decamp!”
٣. كَأَنَّ أَوبَ يَدَيها حينَ أَعجَلَها
أَوبُ المِراحِ وَقَد نادَوا بِتَرحالِ
4. The train of camels on slippery sands
Swaying in the back of a docile she-camel
٤. مَقطُ الكُرينِ عَلى مَكنوسَةٍ زَلَقٌ
في ظَهرِ حَنّانَةِ النيرَينِ مِعوالِ
5. It settled on the tips of noble spears
Storming over the traces of unyoked camels
٥. حَلَّت بِنَعفَي شَرافٍ وَهيَ عاصِفَةٌ
تَخدي عَلى يَسَراتٍ غَيرِ أَعصالِ
6. It flowed from the abodes and then from Mashoum
In the valleys of Fayhaan before their time
٦. جارَت مِنَ الدورِ فَالمَوشومِ فَاِغتَرَفَت
بِقاعِ فَيحانِ إِجلاً بَعدَ آجالِ
7. On a path like the ridge of a rainy cloud
Plummeting into a lofty ravine
٧. عَلى طَريقٍ كَظَهرِ الأَيمِ مُطَّرِدٍ
يَهوي إِلى قُنَّةٍ في مَنهَلٍ عالي