1. God watered Jazan, so whoever untied its protector,
Every outpour and arrows and spears showered down,

2. And the harvest of the house that settled there,
He watered it, quenching every meadow and plain.

3. You, who tasked me with seeking goodness while traveling,
And made me pursue it-look where my pursuit has led!

4. Oh how I regret that I did not rush when you told me-
"Go ahead of us, accompanying us to tomorrow's morning."

5. Whether you reside or comfort the eye, it
Will surely weep bitterly, so discharge me after I plead.

6. Perhaps you will find a lover, and be satisfied
By seeing a graceful figure of one unadorned.

7. The abode of enmity did not come to it, except that
My soul frets for it, from anxiety and fervor.

8. I did not make what was between Mecca my she-camel
To Al-Mirq except a dozing of one exerting effort.

9. Nearing dawn, she almost tossed off her baggage
At the summit of the clamor of scattered cats.

10. By morning I was, from what was between me and it,
Nothing but the memory of it, like one grasping water in his hand.