1. Arise, O companion, meet them as they advance,
Behold their swaying carriage and slender waist.
١. قُم صاحِ تَلَقَّ ركبهم إِذ عاجوا
هاتيكَ جمالُهُنَّ وَالأَحداجُ
2. When the camel-drivers chanted as they followed them
In ecstasy I rose, with yearning set ablaze.
٢. لَمّا نَغَمَ الحُداةُ في إِثرِهِم
هاجوا طَربي وَأَيّ شوق هاجوا