1. I said, when they set out for Bakr,
"O Bakr, you led us on smoothly."

2. You brought me close to them until
The heart was laden with more than it could bear.

3. And I said, "No harm to you, leave me be!
For my destiny lies in visiting friends."

4. My failing is that the heart feels sick
With yearning for Sulaima's wine.

5. They showed us - though I'm not pleased that you came -
A house, and we care not for parting.

6. Then they left, and no kinship remains
With one who dwells in Nejd, from one who inhabits Iraq.