1. My ruin, these remnants and ashes
Why do you await the flood, for this is my homeland

2. Never before did I find rest in the daughter of Sa'd
My soul nearly departs my body after her

3. My heart turned towards the caravan when
My eyes turned from contemplation, my tears seduced me

4. Tomorrow, though the dawn has not yet cracked its dawn
The night for people other than me is home after them

5. Whether near or far I have no relief from them
Longing if they settle, and yearning if they journey

6. And I had settled for news of them after their departure
While the two disquieters for me are memory and sadness

7. My ear hears them and my heart accompanies them
While you, oh eye, are not accustomed to drowsiness

8. If only your fortune with them were like that of the heart and ear
No affliction of the eye but the heart and ear