1. My companions, journey on and may Allah bless you both
The land of Udhra's Rim has wearied me

2. A mounted scout cannot speak to the land his feet tread
Nor benefit from the mantle that shrouds him

3. It waters the wild deer in its valleys
With springs that sustain its people and cool them

4. Why do you both shun its waters
And shy from them while the riding camels wander freely?

5. Do you not know that magnanimity on earth
And their meanness did not rob me of my honored abode

6. I yearn for it with a yearning none has found
For a friend, a kinsman, a brother or an intimate

7. And I grieve for one who complains of love so it seems
He has fallen prey to those who hurl reproaches

8. Why should I hide my love for Sauda through any but her
While my innermost being harbors an abiding anguish

9. Tear follows tear wetting my eyelids
When lightning flashes and a breeze stirs

10. So my passion is base but tears noble
And my love foolish but solace is wise