1. I looked, and for the sand dunes amid the expanse in the east of Najd, O Huthaym, yearning
To some traces of Numayr, as though they were

2. Gazelles, like the twisting tears of the eyes
Whenever we vie in speech, then the love-lorn heart turns to it

3. Grieving, overflowing with passion
As though that which I confided in it was a pearl

4. Gleaming in the hands of merchants, precious
And she had heard of me, so joy visited her

5. And the like of me, in their eyes, refined
The cheek, ear, throat, bright cheek and brow

6. Complete the beauty of the temple
And Suleima said "Welcome! It appears to us

7. The marks of affliction are clear upon you"
So Huthaym, her confidante and adviser

8. Faithful to their secrets, responded
"Do you not know that fickle fate has wronged him

9. And your brother al-Aamiri has grown fat?"
She said "Who are you, desiring his lineage?"

10. He said "Hijan, no hybrid bore me;
My father is Ulaymi the carpenter, and my mother

11. Her father was Zuhayri; the wolves raised me"
She said "May God banish him far

12. From Nizari, his companion and confidante"
"Begone! No dog has lasting lodging in our land

13. That would protect it from sudden calamities"
We rejoiced at her dog simile, which maddened him,

14. And from her love I gained an illness and moaning,
As though we two, with the driver of the camels,

15. Were brothers, both complaining of our wounds' pain.