1. I say to Saad while he is my closest friend,
And what great man have I not advised Saad about?

2. If your riding camels stumble in Najd, I do not care
about livelihood, even if I find it plentiful.

3. Rest your eyes on me briefly,
Towards pastures that grow soft herbage.

4. For if you journey and your heart is eager,
You will regret it and will not smell fragrance or taste dew.

5. You did not want the water that increased your determination,
Although you have tasted the water of the two rivers with passion.

6. Do you cast us into the lands of non-Arabs, lost,
So that you increase your distance from what you desire?

7. And here I fear, while calamities abound,
That if you visit those lands, you will not see Najd again.