1. O guide of the camels, where are they heading?
I will meet them in Iraq or Levant

2. If you pitch tents in Khaif, let me know
Of what the youths have done out of passion

3. And if one day you stay in Salma’s abode
Say he was afflicted with her love’s sickness

4. She excites him when lightning flashes
And provokes him when doves coo

5. So longing has inflammation and burning
And tears flow smoothly and rhythmically

6. He wishes he could settle in Nejd
To be cured by its pure springs

7. O girls with soft cheeks, is there a scent
That can revive me from afar?

8. The winds carry it to a longing one
Excited by its fragrance from the East

9. My share of two shares is dispersion
Made beautiful by its fragrances from times past

10. The winds blow high within my heart
When their scents gather and unite

11. Reminding me of the gatherings of loved ones
Thus memories provoke my regret and blame

12. Its flames make me waver
Like the wavering caused by wine

13. My youth whispers my secret
But do youths hide anything from me?

14. I have realized that I am madly in love
So answer my call, my heart

15. And tell me what lies beyond, O fast one