1. In Najd, does acceptance converse with you?
I think the wind understands what you say

2. It sang in the travelers' bags until
The humps and the hobbled camels were alike

3. Our youth in your lands passed their time
Taking turns feeble and wasting away

4. And we rained tears of sorrow until
We thought it was pouring rain

5. And we lingered in ignorance, not knowing
Were we the askers or the shirkers?

6. And in mentioning you we stirred up longing
Which leaned with the breeze as it sways

7. In the she-camels are the soft, bending saddles
The short ropes holding them back from departure

8. We asked them to greet us, but they were stingy
Though it would be little, if they were generous

9. They quenched the thirst of al-Suwayyah and al-Ghadah
As the smooth plains and valleys sprawled out

10. A she-camel of Yemen, slapped by ostriches
When she struts, and chased by the bull camels

11. As if the goat herder's hand caressed her
Fearing the floods would harm her

12. 'Amir tended the sickness of the cities until
Health spread throughout his dominion

13. He removed the rust of malady from them, and they recovered
So that nothing there is sick except the breeze

14. And their flock is safe from every misfortune
As their patron resolves every complaint

15. Noble, concealing favors as though
His many gifts were but paltry

16. His cavalry gallop into the midst of enemies
And the tips of their spears serve as guides

17. They came out from al-Jazirah at daybreak
As the hills and valleys called them

18. They raided the enemies' strongholds until
The armies and cavalry took warning

19. If their neighing deceived them, they would say
"The ostriches took flight from the footmen"

20. And if the spurrings warned them of an attack
And the glistening spearpoints rose up

21. Escape saved them from the highlands
And the lowly may be saved from fate

22. They took refuge in the cliffs with ravines
Where only the lazy hyena prowls

23. They grazed there on brush, which was adorned
By the threshing floors and wandering livestock

24. When the brave heroes went out secure
And their encampments were emptied of tents

25. They lodged the prisoners of war, who were comforted
By their mounts and the harnesses' jingling

26. Seekers whom no mishap could startle
With determination no refusal could shake

27. A kingdom which the torrents of valleys fortified
Realms pass away, but it does not pass

28. A heroic man preserved it from the trickery of nights
As exalted as what he guards is worth

29. The summits of the highlands dread his might
For the awe of him makes them quake

30. In the darkness of the plains, his might brings out
Stars that set in the predawn glow

31. The clouds pass by it fearful
With no thoughts of rest in its expanse

32. They established in its gloomy valleys
A beacon so no path goes astray

33. Beware, for Haleeb has ferocious lions
And the tips of their spears have venom

34. From Damascus' interior to Dumayl
Are pastures with elongated thorns

35. Around it, for the people of Kilaab
Homes are built with no host inside

36. Its valleys flow with the dew of wild thyme
To which they have no path back to dry fodder

37. It cloaked their crime when patience was lost
And their minds strayed from guidance

38. Its people, when wrathful, are youthful lions
Yet when forbearing, aged men

39. When their swords terrify the mounts
Those mounts wish their owners were stingy

40. They became embers upon the enemies' skulls
And their skulls were knocked by the clubs

41. A rugged land where the steeds were tethered
So that their dye could not escape

42. The light of dawn hid there in fear
So the sharp sword slept with its secret

43. The clouds pass by it fearful
With no thoughts of rest in its expanse

44. They made their abode in its gloomy valleys
A beacon so no path goes astray

45. So guard them, for in your wrath is a lion
Bearing it adorns you, and with it you pounce

46. Before you the highlands were humbled and wounded
As if the spear's point strikes one despised

47. Under your banner are the unyielding people
Upon whose backs no weakling rode

48. I see my camels roaming freely in Qunu'
Drinking where no discomfort leaves a sickness

49. They know no harnesses restraining them
Nor a rope capturing the strays among them

50. My hopes lie ruined by misfortune
As fate contends with them for long

51. I seek refuge for your affection from ruin
Which has destroyed communities of people

52. Can your generosity be pleased with my humiliation
When I am, for your open-handedness, miserly?

53. No era rises to my battle
And the shade of your side is forever shady

54. Let not the nights gain power over me
For my hopes in you are beautiful