1. For whom are the tents and domes
In the family, floating like seeds

2. I woke up while my love was still asleep
At her door, a heart that loves

3. And tears that shed blood
For parting and spill over

4. I bid her farewell and fulfilled
What was required of youth

5. And I revealed what was inside me
Of passion, and disclosed a hidden secret

6. O flock, which I traveled with
The night journey of the Arabs

7. And in which the lights emerged
From veils and coverings

8. How much do I owe you
For taking me in, repay me those debts

9. Love has eaten my flesh and
Drunk my blood, how much it has sipped!

10. Who can bring me my happiness after
The noble ones blamed her

11. She appeared and around her tent
Spears flutter gracefully

12. Thirsty upon thirst, to
Kiss her thick lipped smile

13. I looked and that look of hers
Was the cause of my torture

14. She draws away and distances herself
While affectionately drawing near

15. She recounts the swiftness of my covenant
From her, the one with dyed fingers

16. A beauty you'd think her
A twig of silver or gold

17. She has become a pond of pleasure
In her is nothing but nearness

18. And I see time and its train
Has gathered for her wonders

19. How my head has bowed before her by force
And my tail has risen high!

20. And over its laws the
Gazelle has become prey to war

21. The world grows old and decays
Whoever walked in it and crept

22. And man will face what
God has destined and prescribed

23. O company empty of comfort
From any shoots or branches

24. If war brings you no ease
Then seek it through knowledge

25. And if the Merciful destines
Your request, ask for it by petition

26. And string your ode in the beloved
Of the people of Arabia

27. Lasting for whoever turns to Him
From rivalry, what He has granted

28. The Euphrates sea, when the
Lion of the lair attacks, when it leaps

29. It subdues with its awesomeness
Time, when it threatens or rages

30. None has conquered the days
In their events but it conquered

31. Bringing down the ranks of glory
When it rose above those ranks

32. And glory grew to it
Among the wilderness, and claimed descent

33. Wearing the garment of pride
And praise, and nobility

34. O you whose ranks ascended
Ascending above the clouds!

35. Hear the words of a poet
Estranged among kin

36. Who has come from the suburbs of verse
Not with the disordered

37. And saw you as the destination
Of his quest, beyond non-Arabs and Arabs