1. My friend saw in Kazima
A firelight in the distance

2. And in its light, a girl
With cheeks like sliced melon

3. She fuels it with rhododendron sticks
Her cheek once grazed

4. The summit of glory with Qais
It can eclipse the earth if she shakes

5. That burning black hair
She scented her feet

6. With ambergris and rose
Nejd is her home, and in it

7. The most delicate sand-grouse
And I have a yearning she ignites

8. With zephyrs of rapture
Remembering her makes me weep

9. Oh, my craving for Nejd!