1. The darkness donned to you concealing
A guard for the need of thousands rallying

2. At the edges of the peaks there shone for us
Beware we do the eyes of the convoy prying

3. Return and turn the gaze of our scout
Until the lover spying is renewed

4. When figures I knew were approaching
With musk, sheepskins and headbands vying

5. Distress walked in its glory
Its torment from toil appearing

6. Umamah said when she visited
The words of the complainer no blame implying

7. He whom distance has secluded
Not by plan or heart complying

8. The friend sold with love of an absent one
In Damascus a retreat denying

9. Destroy me not in your torments
For God knows the heart in hiding